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U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY.-  -OROER   15  J, 


A.  D.  MELVIN,  Chief  of  Buuam. 


REGULATIONS 


GOVERNING 


THE  MEAT  INSPECTION 


OF  THE 


UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT 
OF  AGRICULTURE. 


As  Amended,  Effective  May  1,  1908. 


Issued  under  Authority  Conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
by  the  Act  of  Congress  Approved  June  30, 1906. 


DOCUMENTS"  DEPT. 


U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT   PRINTING   OFFICH. 
1908. 


srtj  of  the  United  Stales  I. 

U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY.— Order  150. 

A.  D.  MELVIN,  Chibf  of  Bureau. 


REGULATIONS 


GOVERNING 


THE  MEAT  INSPECTION 


OF  THE 


UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT 
OF  AGRICULTURE. 


As  Amended,  Effective  May  1,  1908. 


Issued  under  Authority  Conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
by  the  Act  of  Congress  Approved  June  30,  1906. 


WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT    PRINTING   OFFICE. 
1908. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  1,  1908. 
For  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  use  in  interstate  or  foreign  com- 
merce of  meat  and  meat  food  products  which  are  unsound,  unhealth- 
ful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  under  the 
authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  the  pro- 
visions of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  30,  1906  (34  Stat.,  674), 
the  following  regulations  are  hereby  prescribed  for  the  inspection, 
reinspection,  examination,  supervision,  disposition,  and  method  and 
manner  of  handling  live  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  and  the  car- 
casses and  meat  food  products  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  for 
the  sanitation  of  the  establishments  at  which  inspection  is  main- 
tained, and  for  the  transportation  of  meat  and  meat  food  products 
from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  other 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  or  to  any  place  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  or  to  any  foreign  country. 

These  regulations,  which  for  purposes  of  identification  are  desig- 
nated as  B.  A.  I.  Order  150,  supersede  B.  A.  I.  Order  137,  dated  July 
25,  1906,  and  all  amendments  thereto,  and  shall  become  and  be 
effective  at  once. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

[Note. — This  edition  embodies  amendment  1  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  150,  effective 
May  1, 1908,  consisting  in  the  addition  of  paragraph  6  to  section  19  of  Regulation  25. J 


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1.  Scope  of  inspection 5 

2.  Organization  of  force 5 

3.  Interpretation  and  definition  of  words  and  terms 6 

4.  Inspection  or  exemption 8 

5.  Official  number 9 

6.  Assignment  of  inspectors,  etc 9 

7.  All  carcasses  and  products  inspected 10 

8.  Notice  of  daily  operations,  etc 10 

9.  Bribery 10 

10.  Sanitation 11 

11.  Ante-mortem  examination  and  inspection 14 

12.  Post-mortem  inspection  at  time  of  slaughter 15 

13.  Disposal  of  diseased  carcasses  and  organs 15 

14.  'Retaining"  rooms 21 

15.  "Condemned "  rooms 22 

16.  Tank  rooms,  tanks,  and  tanking 22 

17 .  Tags,  brands,  stamps 23 

18.  Trade  labels 26 

19.  Reinspection 28 

20.  Carcasses  of  animals  not  inspected  ante-mortem 30 

21.  Tank  cars 30 

22.  Dyes,  chemicals,  and  preservatives 31 

23.  Preparation  of  meat  and  meat  food  products 32 

24.  Stamps  for  export  packages 33 

25.  Transportation , 33 

26.  Counterfeiting,  etc 44 

27.  Reports 45 

28.  Appeals 45 

29.  Cooperation  with  municipal  authorities 45 

which  the  foregoing  regulations  are  made 46 

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[B.  A.  I.  Order  150.] 

REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  MEAT  INSPECTION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE. 


REGULATION  1.   SCOPE  OF  INSPECTION. 

Section  1.  All  slaughtering,  packing,  meat  canning,.  }y***  ,must  be 

.   .  ,       .  &.      .,       o>    r      -   ~&J  &' inspected. 

salting,  rendering,  or  similar  establishments,  except  as 

hereinafter  provided,  the  meat  or  meat  food  products  of 

which,  in  whole  or  in  part,  enter  into  interstate  or  foreign 

commerce,  shall  have  inspection  under  these  regulations. 

The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  exempt  from  inspection    what  may  be 

establishments  operated  by  farmers,  retail  butchers,  orex 

retail    dealers    supplying    their    customers,    but    in    the 

absence  of  such  exemption  inspection  is  required. 

Section  2.  Branch  houses  of  official  establishments,  Branch  houses. 
when  such  branch  houses  are  engaged  in  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce  and  slaughter  animals  or  process  meat, 
shall  be  considered  a  part  of  the  parent  house,  and  prod- 
ucts received  into  such  branch  houses  or  sent  from  them 
shall  be  subject  to  these  regulations,  and  inspection  shall 
be  maintained  therein. 

REGULATION  2.    ORGANIZATION  OF  FORCE. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  All  permanent  employees  civil  service 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  engaged  in  the  work  of certl  catlon 
moat  inspection  are  appointed  upon  certification  of  the 
Civil  Service  Commission  that  they  have  passed  the 
examination  prescribed  by  that  Commission.  Promo- 
tions in  all  classes  are  made  on  the  basis  of  efficiency, 
deportment,  and  length  of  service.  Such  employees 
include : 

Paragraph  2.  Inspectors  in  charge. — These  are  inspect-  inspectors  in 
ors  assigned  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  to  supervise  c  arge' 
official  work  at  each  official  station.  Such  employees  report 
directly  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry 
and  are  chosen  by  reason  of  their  fitness  for  responsi- 
bility as  determined  by  their  records  in  the  service.  At 
stations  where  slaughtering  is  conducted,  only  veterinary 
inspectors  are  placed  in  charge. 

Paragraph  3.  Veterinary  inspectors. — All  applicants  ^Km?*7  in" 
examined  for  these  positions  must  be  graduates  of  recog- 
nized veterinary  colleges  having  a  course  of  not  less  than 
three  years  leading  to  the  degree.  All  final  ante-mortem 
and  post-mortem  examinations  are  conducted  by  veteri- 
narians.    At  some  stations  the  veterinarians  are  assisted 

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6  BEGS.  2,  3.      ORGANIZATION ;   DEFINITIONS. 

in  making  preliminary  examinations  by  trained  laymen 
known  as  inspectors'  assistants. 

erkiraarveliSfspSt-     Paragraph  U.  Traveling  veterinary  inspectors. — To    ob- 
oS?ar'  serve  the  conditions  of  sanitation  of  the  establishments 

at  the  various  stations,  note  the  processes  of  ante-mortem 
and  post-mortem  inspection,  confer  with  and  instruct 
inspectors  regarding  it,  with  a  view  to  a  uniform  sys- 
tem throughout  the  country,  and  to  report  these  matters 
to  the  Washington  office,  constitute  the  principal  duties 
of  these  employees. 

iS,r«atory  in~  Paragraph  5.  Laboratory  inspectors. — These  employees 
possess  technical  training  in  microscopical  and  chemical 
examination  of  meat  food  products,  and  their  inspections 
are  conducted  in  laboratories  located  at  various  slaugh- 
tering centers.  Pathological  laboratories  are  also  main- 
tained, to  which  diseased  specimens  may  be  sent  when 
necessary  for  diagnosis. 

Meat  inspect-  Paragraph  6.  Meat  inspectors. — These  employees  are 
laymen,  experienced  in  the  curing,  canning,  packing,  or 
otherwise  preparing  of  meat;  they  supervise  that  work 
and  the  use  of  permitted  preservatives  described  in 
Regulation  22. 

Traveiingmeat  Paragraph  ? '.  Traveling  meat  inspectors. — These  em- 
mspectors.  ployees  perform  a  service  similar  to  that  required  of 
traveling  veterinary  inspectors,  but  along  the  line  of  the 
preparation  and  handling  of  meat  products. 

inspectors'  as-  Paragraph  8.  Inspectors'  assistants. — These  employees 
are  laymen,  who  are  first  assigned  to  routine  duties  and 
are  promoted  through  examination  to  higher  duties,  such 
as  assisting  in  conducting  ante-mortem  and  post-mortem 
examinations. 

Patrolmen.  Paragraph  9.  Patrolmen. — Patrolmen  are  employed  to 

patrol  the  establishments  at  night,  to  oversee  the  re- 
ceipts and  shipments  of  meat,  and  to  observe  any  opera- 
tions conducted  at  night.  They  consist  of  veterinarians, 
inspectors'  assistants,,  or  meat  inspectors,  according  to 
the  character  of  the  work  where  assigned. 

sailed  labor  Paragraph  10.  Skilled  laborers. — These  employees  super- 
vise the  marking  of  meat  and  meat  containers,  and  per- 
form similar  work.  They  are  eligible  for  promotion  only 
through  examination. 

REGULATION    3.  INTERPRETATION    AND    DEFINITION 
OF  WORDS  AND  TERMS. 

Definitions.  Wherever  in  these  regulations  the  following  words, 
names,  or  terms  are  used  they  shall  be  construed  as 
follows: 

ushment1  estab~  Section  *•  Official  establishment. — This  term  shall 
mean  any  slaughtering,  meat-canning,  salting,  rendering, 
or  similar  establishment  at  which  inspection  is  main- 
tained under  the  meat-inspection  law  approved  June  30, 
1906  (34  Stat.,  674). 


ers. 


REG.  3.     DEFINITIONS.  7 

Section  2.  Inspectors  and  Department  employees. — These    inspectors, etc. 
terms  shall  mean,  respectively,  inspectors  and  employees 
of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Section  3.  "Inspected  and  Passed." — This  phrase,   or    inspected  and 
any  authorized  abbreviation  thereof,  shall  mean  that  thepas 
carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses,  meat,   and  meat  food  prod- 
ucts so  marked  have  been  inspected  and  passed  for  food 
under  these  regulations. 

Section  4.  Rendered  into  lard  or  tallow. — This  phrase    Rendered  into 
shall  mean  that  the  carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses,  meat, 
and  meat  food  products  so  designated  are  allowed  to  be 
made  into  edible  lard  or  edible  tallow. 

Section    5.  "V.  S.   Inspected  and  Condemned."— This con1gKdd ;  and 
phrase  shall  mean  that  the  carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses, 
meat,  and  meat  food  products  so  marked  are  unfit  for  food 
and  shall  be  destroyed  for  food  purposes. 

Section  6.  Carcass. — This  word  shall  apply  to  the  car-    carcass. 
cass  of  an  animal  that  has  been  killed  under  these  regu- 
lations and  shall  include  all  parts  which  are  to  be  used 
for  food. 

Section  7.  Primal  parts  of  carcasses. — This  phrase  Primal  parts. 
shall  mean  the  usual  sections  or  cuts  of  the  dressed 
carcass  commonly  known  in  the  trade,  such  as  sides, 
quarters,  shoulders,  hams,  backs,  bellies,  etc.,  and  beef 
tongues,  beef  livers,  and  beef  tails,  before  they  have 
been  cut,  shredded,  or  otherwise  subdivided  prelimi- 
nary to  use  in  the  manufacture  of  meat  food  products. 

Section  8.  Meat  food  products. — Paragraph  1.  A  meat ,  ^gat  food  prod- 
food  product,  within  the  meaning  of  the  meat-inspec- 
tion act  and  of  these  regulations,  is  considered  to  be 
any  article  of  food  intended  for  human  use  which  is 
derived  or  prepared  in  whole  or  in  part  from  any  edible 
portion  of  the  carcass  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats,  if 
the  said  edible  portion  so  used  is  a  considerable  and 
definite  portion  of  the  finished  food. 

Paragraph  2.  Mixture. — A  mixture  of  which  meat  is  an  Mixtures,  etc. 
ingredient  will  not  be  considered  a  meat  food  product 
unless  the  meat  contained  therein  is  a  definite  and  consider- 
able portion  of  the  said  mixture.  But  where  such  mixture 
is  prepared  in  a  part  of  an  official  establishment,  the 
sanitation  of  that  part  of  the  establishment  will  be  super- 
vised by  the  Department,  and  the  meat  or  meat  food 
product  will  be  inspected  before  it  enters  the  said  mixture. 
The  mixture  shall  not  bear  the  meat-inspection  legend  or 
any  simulation  thereof.  If  any  reference  is  made  to 
Federal  inspection  it  shall  be  in  the  following  form:  "The 
meat  contained  herein  has  been  inspected  and  passed 
at  an  establishment  where  Federal  inspection  is  main- 
tained. "  Mixtures  such  as  mince-meat,  soups,  etc.,  which 
come  under  this  description  and  which  are  not  officially 
labeled,  are  allowed  in  interstate  and  foreign  commerce 


8  REGS.  3,  4.      DEFINITIONS ;   INSPECTION   OR   EXEMPTION. 

without  further  inspection,  and  without  certificates,  subject 
to  the  provisions  and  requirements  of  the  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  of  June  30, 1906,  and  the  regulations  made  thereunder. 

Mescal  meat  Section  9.  Medical  meat  products. — Products  such  as 
meat  juice,  meat  extract,  etc.,  which  are  intended  only 
for  medicinal  purposes  and  are  advertised  only  to  the 
medical  profession,  are  not  considered  meat  food  products 
within  the  meaning  of  this  order. 

vinegar.  Section    10. 'Vinegar. — The    word    vinegar,    as    used 

herein,  shall  mean  cider  vinegar,  wine  vinegar,  malt 
vinegar,  sugar  vinegar,  glucose  vinegar,  or  spirit  vinegar. 

REGULATION  4.  INSPECTION  OR  EXEMPTION. 

Application  for      Section  1.  The  proprietor  or  operator  of  each  slaugh- 

mspection  or  ex-  ,.  ^        ,  •     '     ■  *■  i  •      •, 

emption.  termg,    packing,    meat-canning,    rendering,    or    similar 

establishment  engaged  in  the  slaughtering  of  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  or  goats,  or  in  the  packing,  canning,  or 
other  preparation  of  any  meat  food  product  for  inter- 
state or  foreign  commerce,  shall  make  application  to  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  inspection  or  for  exemption 
from  inspection,  except  in  cases  where  inspection  or 
exemption  is  already  in  effect.  In  case  of  change  of 
ownership  or  change  of  location  of  an  establishment 
already  having  inspection,  a  new  application  shall  be 
made.  Exemption  under  the  law  can  be  given  only  to 
establishments  operated  by  retail  butchers  and  retail 
dealers.  Such  application  shall  be  in  writing  addressed 
to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C,  shall 
state  the  location  of  the  establishment,  and  shall  be 
made  on  blanks  which  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  upon  request. 

conditions.  Section  2.  Inspection  shall  not  be  begun  if  an  estab- 

lishment is  not  in  a  sanitary  condition,  nor  unless  the 
establishment  provides  and  guarantees  to  maintain 
adequate  facilities  for  conducting  such  inspection. 

Exemption.  Section  3.  If  in  the  judgment  of  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  the  retail  butcher  or  retail  dealer  who  is 
operating  an  establishment  and  engaged  in  supplying 
his  customers  through  the  medium  of  interstate  or  for- 
eign commerce  is  entitled  to  exemption  from  Federal 
inspection,  a  numbered  certificate  of  exemption  will  be 
furnished  to  the  applicant  for  use  with  transportation 
companies  and  other  companies  and  persons  in  secur- 
ing the  movement  of  his  products.  If  an  establishment, 
including  both  market  and  slaughterhouse  of  such  retail 
butcher  or  dealer,  is  not  in  a  sanitary  condition  a  cer- 
tificate of  exemption  will  not  be  issued. 

tuhnsinnents  t o     Section  4.  Exempted  establishments  shall  be  open  to 

conform  to  reg-  the  inspectors  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  shall 

be  maintained  in  a  clean  condition,  and  shall  conform 


REGS.    5,    6.      OFFICIAL    NUMBER;   ASSIGNMENT   OF    INSPECTOBS.     9 

to  the  same  regulations  as  govern  official  establishments 
in  regard  to  labeling,  dyes,  chemicals,  and  preservatives, 
and  unsound,  unwholesome,  and  unfit  meat. 

REGULATION  5.  OFFICIAL  NUMBER. 

Section   1.  Paragraph  1.  When  inspection    is  estab-    official    num- 
lished  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  will  give  the  establish-  ber' 
ment  a  number,  and  this  number  shall  be  used  to  mark 
the  meat  and  meat  food  products  of  the  establishment  as 
hereafter  prescribed. 

Paragraph  2.  Two  or  more  official  establishments  under    More  than  one 

,  r  *      *  ,     ,     establ  ishment 

the  same  ownership  or  control  may  use  the  same  estab- under  same  own- 
lishment  number,  provided  a  serial  letter  is  added  in  eachership- 
case  to  designate  the  establishment  and  to  enable  its 
product  to  be  identified. 

Paragraph  3.  Persons,  firms,  or  corporations  owning    subsidiary 
subsidiary  companies  having  legal  entity  may  use  the compames- 
names  of  such  companies,  provided  application  has  been 
made  for  inspection  and  it  has  been  granted,  the  inspec- 
tion legend  in  such  case  to  bear  the  official  establishment 
number  of  the  parent  firm  or  corporation. 

Paragraph    4.   Each    official    establishment    must    be  .separation   of 

.  x     i      i  •    ,  •  P  ,  ITT  inspected      from 

separate  and  distinct  from  any  other  establishment  or  uninspected  es- 
department  in  which  animal  products  are  handled  at tablishments- 
which  inspection  is  not  maintained.  When  two  or  more 
companies  prepare  their  products  in  the  same  official 
establishment  they  must  obtain  inspection  under  the  same 
number.  The  name  of  the  distributer  may  appear  upon 
the  label. 

REGULATION  6.  ASSIGNMENT  OF  INSPECTORS,  ETC. 

Section  1.  The  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indus-.  ^$£??t£of 
try  will  designate  an  inspector  to  take  charge  01  the 
inspection  at  each  official  establishment,  and  will  assign 
to  said  inspector  such  assistants  as  may  be  necessary. 

Section  2.  For  the  purpose  of  enforcing  the  law  and  ta£{g^eiJ°  cs~ 
regulations  all  employees  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indus- 
try shall  have  access  at  all  times,  by  day  or  night, whether 
the  establishment  be  operated  or  not,  to  every  part  of 
the  establishment. 

Section  3.  Each  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Badges- 
Industry  working  under  these  regulations  will  be  furnished 
with  a  numbered  badge,  which  he  shall  wear  over  the  left 
breast  on  the  outer  clothing  while  in  the  performance  of 
his  official  duties,  and  which  shall  not  be  allowed  to  leave 
his  possession.  This  official  badge  shall  be  sufficient 
identification  to  entitle  him  to  admittance  at  all  regular 
entrances  and  to  all  parts  of  the  establishment  and 
premises. 

Section.  4.  Office    room,    including    light    and    heat,    0fficeroom- 
shall  be  provided  by  proprietors  of  establishments,  rent 
free,  for  the  exclusive  use,  for  official  purposes,  of  the 

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10  BEGS.  1,  8,  9.      ALL   INSPECTED;    NOTICE;   BRIBERY. 

inspector  and  other  employees  of  the  Department  as- 
signed thereto.  The  room  or  rooms  set  apart  for  this 
purpose  must  be  properly  ventilated,  conveniently 
located,  and  provided  with  lockers  suitable  for  the  pro- 
tection and  storage  of  such  supplies  as  may  be  required; 
all  to  meet  the  approval  of  the  inspector  in  charge. 

REGULATION  7.    ALL    CARCASSES    AND    PRODUCTS 
INSPECTED. 

toNinsPSti?nti(iS     Section  1.  All  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  slaugh- 

officiai  establish-  tered  at  an  official  establishment,  and  all  meat  and  meat 

food    products    prepared    therein,    shall    be    inspected, 

handled,    prepared,    and   marked   as   required   by   these 

regulations. 

REGULATION  8.  NOTICE  OF  DAILY  OPERATIONS,  ETC. 

atk>ntice  °f  °per"  Section  1.  The  manager  of  each  official  establishment 
shall  inform  the  inspector  in  charge,  or  his  assistant, 
when  work  has  been  concluded  for  the  day,  and  of  the 
day  and  hour  when  work  will  be  resumed.  Under  no 
circumstances  shall  any  department  of  an  establishment 
be  operated  except  under  the  supervision  of  an  employee 
Reasonable  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.     All  slaughtering  of 

hours  and  speed.  anjmajg  an(j  ^e  preparation  of  meat  and  meat  food 
products  shall  be  done  within  reasonable  hours,  and  with 
reasonable  speed,  the  facilities  of  the  establishment  being 
considered. 

,IS!°hZay     Section  2.  Where  one  inspector  is  detailed  to  conduct 

designate  hours,   ,i  i  *%,  i  i*   i  i  /» 

the  work  at  two  or  more  small  establishments  where  tew 
animals  are  slaughtered  or  where  but  a  small  quantity  of 
meat  or  meat  food  products  is  prepared,  the  inspector  in 
charge  may  designate  the  hours  for  work. 

days    Tohiibited      Section  3.  No  work  shall  be  performed  at  official  es- 
byiaw.  B  tablishments  during  any  day  on  which  such  work  is  pro- 

hibited by  the  law  of  the  State  or  Territory  in  which  the 
establishment  is  located.  However,  the  Department  will 
require  that  it  be  judicially  determined  that  such  work 
is  prohibited  by  the  State  law. 

REGULATION  9.  BRIBERY. 

Bribery,  etc.  Section  1.  It  is  a  felony,  punishable  by  fine  and  im- 
prisonment, for  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  to  give, 
pay,  or  offer,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  any  Depart  merit 
employee  authorized  to  perform  any  duty  under  these 
regulations  any  money  or  other  thing  of  value  with 
intent  to  influence  said  employee  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty  under  these  regulations.  It  is  also  a  felony,  pun- 
ishable by  fine  and  imprisonment,  for  any  Department 
employee  engaged  in  the  performance  of  duty  under 
these  regulations  to  receive  or  accept  from  any  person, 
firm,  or  corporation  engaged  in  interstate  or  foreign 
commerce  any  gift,  money,  or  other  thing  of  value  given 
with  any  purpose  or  intent  whatsoever. 


KEG.  10.      SANITATION.  11 

REGULATION   10.   SANITATION. 

Section   1.  After    the   receipt  of    an    application  for   **f""Ji*a*5 

~    .  pM  .     ,  ,.    ,      examination      of 

inspection  or  exemption  an  examination  or  the  establish- establishments. 
ment  and  premises  will  be  made  and  the  requirements 
for  sanitation  and  the  necessary  facilities  for  inspection 
will  be  specified. 

Section  2.  Plans  and  specifications,  in  duplicate,  of  ^1^^*  n*t 
plants  for  which  application  for  inspection  is  made,  also  plants. 
of  new  plants  and  plants  to  be  remodeled,  should  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

Section  3.  Official  establishments  and  establishments  Light,  ventiia- 
to  which  certificates  of  exemption  have  been  issued  etcn'  dra,nage' 
shall  be  suitably  lighted  and  ventilated  and  maintained 
in  a  sanitary  condition,  and  shall  be  provided  with 
efficient  drainage,  having  properly  trapped  or  other 
approved  sewer  connections.  Kooms  in  which  inspec- 
tion is  carried  on  shall,  by  heating  or  other  means,  be 
kept  reasonably  free  from  steam  and  other  vapors,  in 
order  that  proper  inspection  can  be  made.  All  work  in 
such  establishments  shall  be  performed  in  a  cleanly  and 
sanitary  manner. 

Section  4.  Ceilings,  walls,  pillars,  partitions,  etc.,  ceilings,  walls, 
shall  be  kept  in  a  sanitary  condition,  and  when  necessary  P  roaches,' etc*  P " 
they  shall  be  washed,  scraped,  painted  or  otherwise 
treated  as  required.  Where  floors  or  other  parts  of  a 
building,  or  tables  or  other  parts  of  the  equipment,  are 
so  old  or  in  such  poor  condition  that  they  can  not  be 
readily  made  sanitary  they  shall  be  removed  and  replaced 
by  suitable  materials.  All  floors  upon  which  meats  are 
piled  during  the  process  of  curing  shall  be  so  constructed 
that  they  can  be  kept  in  a  clean  and  sanitary  condition, 
and  all  meat  piled  upon  floors  shall  be  suitably  protected 
from  trucks,  etc.  Walks  and  platforms  or  approaches 
leading  into  establishments  shall  be  kept  clean  to  prevent 
tracking  dirt  into  the  same. 

Section  5.   All  trucks,  trays,  and  other  receptacles,  all   Receptacles, 

•i  i     ,£  i         i.    -Li  j      11  l       -  utensils,  machin- 

cnutes,  platforms,  racks,  tables,  etc.,  and  all  knives,  saws,  ery,  vehicles,  etc. 
cleavers,  and  other  tools,  and  all  utensils,  machinery,  and 
vehicles  used   in   moving,   handling,   cutting,   chopping, 
mixing,  canning,  or  other  processes  shall  be  thoroughly 
cleaned  before  using. 

Section  6.  Managers  of  establishments  must  require  Employees  and 
employees  to  be  cleanly.  The  aprons,  smocks,  or  other theirclothing- 
outer  clothing  worn  by  employees  who  handle  meat  or 
meat  food  products  shall  be  of  a  material  that  is  readily 
cleansed  and  made  sanitary,  and  only  clean  garments 
shall  be  worn.  Persons  who  handle  meat  or  meat  food 
products  shall  be  required  to  keep  their  hands  clean,  and 
they  shall  be  required  also  to  pay  particular  attention  to 
the  cleanliness  or  their  boots  or  shoes. 


12  REG.  10.      SANITATION. 


Diseased 
pioyees. 


Section  7.  Persons  affected  with  tuberculosis  or  any 
other  communicable  disease  shall  not  be  employed  in  any 
of  the  departments  of  establishments  where  carcasses  are 
dressed,  meat  is  handled,  or  meat  food  products  are  pre- 
pared ;  and  any  employee  of  such  establishment  who  may 
be  suspected  of  being  so  affected  shall  be  reported  by  the 
inspector  in  charge  to  the  manager  of  the  establishment 
and  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

toTfe^s^Tnd.  Section  8.  All  water-closets,  toilet  rooms,  and  dress- 
dressing  rooms,  ing  rooms  shall  be  entirely  separated  from  compartments 
in  which  carcasses  are  dressed  or  meat  or  meat  food 
products  are  cured,  stored,  packed,  handled,  or  prepared. 
Where  such  rooms  open  into  compartments  in  which 
meat  or  meat  food  products  are  handled  they  must, 
when  this  is  considered  necessary,  be  provided  with  prop- 
erly ventilated  vestibules  and  with  automatically  closing 
doors.  They  shall  be  conveniently  located,  sufficient  in 
number,  ample  in  size,  and  fitted  with  modern  lavatory 
accommodations,  including  toilet  paper,  soap,  running 
hot  and  cold  water,  towels,  etc.  They  shall  be  properly 
lighted,  suitably  ventilated,  and  kept  in  a  sanitary  con- 
dition. Convenient  and  sanitary  urinals  shall  be  pro- 
vided; and  washstands,  near  at  hand,  shall  also  be  pro- 
vided. 

objectionable  Section  9.  The  rooms  or  compartments  in  which  meat 
cu?pidoSrCsrcening'  or  meat  food  products  are  prepared,  cured,  stored,  packed, 
or  otherwise  handled  shall  be  free  from  odors  from  toilet 
rooms,  catch  basins,  casing  departments,  tank  rooms, 
hide  cellars,  etc.,  and  shall  be  kept  free  from  flies  and 
other  vermin  by  screening,  or  other  methods.  All  rooms 
or  compartments  shall  be  provided  with  cuspidors  of 
such  shape  as  not  readily  to  be  upset  and  of  such  material 
and  construction  as  to  be  readily  disinfected,  and  em- 
ployees who  expectorate  shall  be  required  to  use  them. 

prcmilesC(S  °n  Section  10.  The  feeding  of  hogs  or  other  animals  on 
the  refuse  of  slaughterhouses  shall  not  be  permitted  on 
the  premises  of  an  exempted  establishment  or  an  official 
establishment,  and  no  use  incompatible  with  proper  sani- 
tation shall  be  made  of  any  part  of  the  premises  on  which 
such  establishment  is  located.  All  yards,  fences,  pens, 
chutes,  alleys,  etc.,  belonging  to  the  premises  of  such 
establishments,  whether  they  are  used  or  not,  shall  be 
maintained  in  a  sanitary  condition,  and  no  nuisance  shall 
be  allowed  in  the  establishment  or  on  its  premises. 

after81  handling  Section  H«  Butchers  who  dress  or  handle  diseased 
diseased  ear- carcasses  or  parts  shall  cleanse  their  hands  of  all  grease 
and  then  immerse  them  in  a  prescribed  disinfectant  and 
rinse  them  in  clear  water  before  dressing  or  handling 
healthy  carcasses.  All  butchers'  implements  used  in 
dressing  diseased  carcasses  shall  be  sterilized  either  in 
boiling  water  or  by  immersion  in  a  prescribed  disinfect- 


REG.  10.      SANITATION.  13 

ant,  followed  by  rinsing  in  clear  water.  Facilities  for 
such  cleansing  and  disinfection,  approved  by  the  in- 
spector in  charge,  shall  be  provided  by  the  establishment. 
Separate  sanitary  trucks,  etc.,  which  shall  be  appropri- 
ately and  distinctively  marked,  shall  be  furnished  for 
handling  diseased  carcasses  and  parts.  Following  the 
slaughter  of  any  animal  affected  with  an  infectious  dis- 
a  stop  shall  be  made  until  the  implements  have 
been  cleansed  and  disinfected,  unless  other  clean  imple- 
ments are  provided. 

Section  12.  Inspectors  are  required  to  furnish  their    implements 
own  implements  for  use  in  dissecting,  incising,  or  examin-  US'1   3  insPect" 
ing  diseased  carcasses  or  unsound  parts,  and  are  required 
to  use  the  same  means  for  disinfecting  implements,  hands, 
etc..  that  are  prescribed  for  employees  of  the  establish- 
ment. 

Section  13.  Due  care  must  be  taken  to  prevent  meat  soiled  meat. 
and  meat  food  products  from  falling  on  the  floor;  and  in 
the  event  of  their  having  so  fallen,  they  must  be  con- 
demned or  the  soiled  portions  removed  and  condemned. 
When  meat  or  meat  food  products  are  being  emptied  into 
tanks,  some  device,  such  as  a  metal  funnel,  must  be  used 

Section  14.  Carcasses  shall  not  be  inflated  with  air  inflation  with 
from  the  mouth,  and  no  inflation  of  carcasses  except  byair'etc" 
mechanical  means  shall  be  allowed.  Carcasses  shall  not 
be  dressed  with  skewers,  knives,  etc.,  that  have  been  held 
in  the  mouth.  Skewers  shall  be  cleaned  before  being  used 
again.  Spitting  on  whetstones  or  steels  when  sharpening 
knives  shall  not  be  allowed. 

Section  15.  Only  good,  clean,  and  wholesome  water  water  and  ice. 
and  ice  shall  be  used  in  the  preparation  of  carcasses, 
parts,  meat,  or  meat  food  products.  Whenever  there  is 
any  doubt  regarding  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  water 
supply,  notice  shall  be  sent  immediately  to  the  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Section  16.  Wagons  or  cars  in  which  meat  or  meat  wagons  and 
food  products  are  transported  shall  be  kept  in  a  clean  andcar 
sanitary  condition.  The  wagons  used  in  transporting 
loose  meat  between  official  establishments  shall  be  so 
closed  and  covered  that  the  contents  shall  be  kept  clean, 
and  so  constructed  that  they  may,  when  necessary,  be 
locked  and  sealed  with  Government  seals,  which  seals 
shall  be  affixed  and  broken  only  by  employees  of  the 
Department. 

Section  17.  Skins  and  hides  from  animals  condemned hid\!;ins    and 
for  tuberculosis  or  any  other  disease  infectious  to  man, 
but  showing  no  outward  appearance  of  disease,  may  be 
removed  (except  as  provided  in  Regulation  13,  section  2) 
for  tanning  or  other  uses  in  the  arts  when  disinfected 


14  REG.  11.      ANTE-MORTEM   INSPECTION. 

as  follows:  Each  skin  and  hide  must  be  immersed  for  not 
less  than  five  minutes  in  a  5  per  cent  solution  of  liquor 
cresolis  compositus,  or  a  5  per  cent  solution  of  carbolic 
acid,  or  a  1  to  1,000  solution  of  bichlorid  of  mercury.  The 
process  of  skinning  and  dipping  must  be  conducted  en- 
tirely in  the  retaining  room,  or  other  specially  prepared 
place,  approved  by  the  inspector  in  charge,  for  final  in- 
spection. 

REGULATION    11.    ANTE-MORTEM   EXAMINATION   AND 
INSPECTION. 

in^ctioS^when  Section  1.  An  ante-mortem  examination  and  inspec- 
made,etc.'  tion  shall  be  made  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats 
about  to  be  slaughtered  before  they  shall  be  allowed  to  be 
killed  in  an  official  establishment.  Satisfactory  facilities 
for  conducting  said  inspection  and  for  separating  and  hold- 
ing apart  from  passed  animals  those  marked  "U.  S.  Sus- 
pect' '  shall  be  provided. 

^suspected  ani-  Section  2.  All  animals  showing  symptoms  or  suspected 
of  being  affected  wTith  any  disease  or  condition  which, 
under  these  regulations,  would  probably  cause  their  con- 
demnation in  whole  or  in  part  when  slaughtered  shall  be 
marked  by  affixing  to  the  animal  a  metal  tag  bearing  the 
words  UU.  S.  Suspect."  All  such  animals,  except  as 
hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  set  apart  and  slaughtered 
separately  from  other  animals  at  an  official  establishment. 

Pregnant,  par-     Section  3.  Animals  which  have  been  tagged  for  preg- 

turient,  and  vac-  «.        -i  ,i  i  •    ,i      P°  A       °i 

cine  animals.  nancy  or  tor  having  recently  given  birth  to  young,  and 
which  have  not  been  exposed  to  any  infectious  or  con- 
tagious disease,  and  vaccine  animals  with  unhealed  lesions 
accompanied  by  fever  and  which  have  not  been  exposed 
to  any  other  infectious  or  contagious  disease,  are  not  re- 
quired to  be  slaughtered,  but  before  any  such  animal  is 
removed  the  tag  shall  be  detached  by  a  Department  em- 
ployee and  returned  with  his  report  to  the  inspector  in 
charge. 

Question      of     Section  4.  If  any  pathological  condition  is  suspected 

temperature.         .  ,  .   ,       -  .J    tr  to  r 

in  which  the  question  or  temperature  is  important,  such 
as  Texas  fever,  anthrax,  pneumonia,  blackleg,  or  septi- 
cemia, the  exact  temperature  should  be  taken.  Due  con- 
sideration, however,  must  be  given  to  the  fact  that  ex- 
tremely high  temperature  may  be  found  in  otherwise 
normal  hogs  when  subjected  to  exercise  or  excitement, 
and  a  similar  condition  may  obtain  to  a  less  degree  among 
other  classes  of  animals. 

crP°™rs  and  Section  5.  Animals  commonly  termed  " downers,"  or 
crippled  animals,  shall  be  tagged  before  slaughter  as  pro- 


vided for  in  Regulation  17,  section  1,  for  the  purpose  of 
identification  at  the  time  of  slaughter,  and  shall  be  passed 
upon  in  accordance  with  these  regulations. 


BEGS.    12,   13.      POST-MORTEM    INSPECTION;    DISPOSAL.  15 

REGULATION  12.  POST-MORTEM  INSPECTION  AT  TIME 
OF  SLAUGHTER. 

Section  1.  A  careful  inspection  shall  be  made  of  all ,.,//' rls  n u,[n,,l> 
animals  at  the  time  of  slaughter.  The  head,  tongue, 
tail,  thymus  gland,  and  all  viscera,  and  all  parts  and 
blood  used  in  the  preparation  of  meat  food  or  medical 
products,  shall  be  retained  in  such  manner  as  to  pre- 
serve their  identity  until  after  post-mortem  examination 
has  been  completed,  in  order  that  they  may  be  identified 
in  case  of  condemnation  of  the  carcass.  Suitable  racks 
or  metal  receptacles  shall  be  provided  for  retaining  such 
parts. 

Section  2.  Carcasses  and  parts  thereof  found   to  be    Sound  carcas- 
sound,   healthful,   wholesome,    and   fit   for  human  food 
shall  be  passed  and  marked  as  provided  in  these  regu- 
lations. 

Section  3.  Should  any  lesion  of  disease  or  other  con-  unsound  car- 
dition  that  would  render  the  meat  or  any  organ  unfit  for 
food  purposes  be  found  on  post-mortem  examination,  the 
carcass,  part  or  organ  shall  be  marked  immediately  with  a 
tag,  as  provided  in  Regulation  17,  section  3.  Carcasses 
which  have  been  so  marked  shall  not  be  washed  or 
trimmed  unless  such  washing  or  trimming  is  authorized 
by  the  inspector. 

REGULATION  13.  DISPOSAL  OF  DISEASED  CARCASSES 
AND  ORGANS. 

Section  1.  The  carcasses  or  parts  of  carcasses  of  all  mfnetneraI  8tate" 
animals  slaughtered  at  an  official  establishment  and™ 
found  at  time  of  slaughter  or  at  any  subsequent  inspec- 
tion to  be  affected  with  any  of  the  diseases  or  conditions 
named  below  shall  be  disposed  of  according  to  the  sec- 
tion of  this  regulation  pertaining  to  the  disease  or  con- 
dition. It  is  to  be  understood,  however,  that  owing  to 
the  fact  that  it  is  impracticable  to  formulate  rules  cov- 
ering every  case,  and  to  designate  at  just  what  stage  a 
process  becomes  loathsome  or  a  disease  noxious,  the 
decision  as  to  the  disposal  of  all  carcasses,  parts,  or 
organs  not  specifically  covered  by  these  regulations  shall 
be  left  to  the-  veterinary  inspector  in  charge. 

Section  2.  All  carcasses  showing  lesions  of  anthrax  Anthrax  or 
or  charbon,  regardless  of  the  extent  of  the  disease,  and01 
including  the  hide,  hoofs,  horns,  viscera,  fat,  blood,  and 
all  other  portions  of  the  animal,  shall  be  condemned  and 
immediately  incinerated.  The  killing  bed  upon  which 
the  animal  was  slaughtered  shall  be  disinfected  with  a 
10  per  cent  solution  of  formalin,  and  all  knives,  saws, 
cleavers,  and  other  instruments  which  have  come  in  con- 
tact with  the  carcass  shall  be  treated  as  provided  in 
Regulation  10,  section  11,  before  being  used  upon  another 
carcass. 


16  REG.  13.      DISPOSAL    OF    DISEASED    CARCASSES,  ETC. 

Blackleg.  Section  3.  Carcasses    of    animals    showing    lesions    of 

blackleg  shall  be  condemned. 

Hemorrhagic      Section  4.  Carcasses  of  animals  affected  with  hemor- 

Bepticemia. 


rhagic  septicemia  shall  be  condemned. 


pyemia    and     Section  5.  Carcasses   showing   lesions   of   pyemia   or 

septicemia.  ,•  •        i     n  -,  ■,  ■,    °  rJ 

septicemia  shall  be  condemned. 

vaccinia.  Section  6.  Carcasses   of  vaccine   animals   mentioned 

under  Regulation  11,  section  3,  shall  be  condemned. 

Rabies.  Section  7.  Carcasses  of  animals  which  showed  symp- 

toms of  rabies  before  slaughter  shall  be  condemned. 

Tetanus.  Section  8.  Carcasses  of  animals  which  showed  symp- 

toms of  tetanus  before  slaughter  shall  be  condemned. 

zo^tlcfatarrh?1"  Section  9.  Carcasses  of  animals  affected  with  malig- 
nant epizootic  catarrh  and  showing  generalized  inflam- 
mation of  the  mucous  membranes  shall  be  condemned. 

andslineplagae.  Section  10.  Paragraph  1.  Carcasses  showing  well- 
marked  and  progressive  lesions  of  hog  cholera  or  swine 
plague  in  more  than  two  of  the  organs  (skin,  kidneys, 
bones,  or  lymphatic  glands)  shall  be  condemned. 

Paragraph  2.  Provided  they  are  well  nourished,  car- 
casses showing  slight  and  limited  lesions  of  these  diseases 
may  be  passed. 

Paragraph  3.  Carcasses  which  reveal  lesions  more 
numerous  or  advanced  than  those  for  carcasses  to  be 
passed,  but  not  so  severe  as  the  lesions  described  for 
carcasses  to  be  condemned,  may  be  rendered  into  lard, 
provided  they  are  cooked  by  steam  for  four  hours  at 
a  temperature  not  lower  than  220  degrees  Fahrenheit, 
or  at  a  pressure  of  4  pounds. 

Paragraph  4-  In  inspecting  carcasses  showing  lesions 
of  hog  cholera  or  swine  plague  in  the  skin,  bones,  kid- 
neys, or  lymphatic  glands,  due  consideration  shall  be 
given  to  the  extent  and  severity  of  the  lesions  found  in 
the  viscera. 

Actinomycosis  Section  11.  Paragraph  1.  If  a  carcass  affected  with 
or  lumpy  jaw  actinomycosis  or  lumpy  jaw  is  in  a  well-nourished  condi- 
tion and  there  is  no  evidence  upon  post-mortem  exami- 
nation that  the  disease  has  extended  from  a  primary  area 
of  infection  in  the  head,  the  carcass  may  be  passed,  but 
the  head  including  the  tongue  shall  be  condemned. 

Paragraph  2.  Carcasses  of  animals  showing  uncompli- 
cated localized  actinomycotic  lesions  other  than,  or  in 
addition  to,  those  specified  in  paragraph  1  of  this  section 
may  be  passed  after  the  infected  organs  and  parts  have 
been  removed  and  condemned. 

Paragraph  3.  Carcasses  of  animals  showing  a  general- 
ized actinomycosis  shall  be  condemned. 


ized  and  not  nu- 
merous. 


REG.  13.      DISPOSAL    OF    DISEASED    CARCASSES,  ETC.  17 

Section  12.  When  the  lesions  of  caseous  lymphadenitis  .u^:nit?sUS,yrnph" 
are  limited  to  the  superficial  lymphatic  glands  or  to  a  few 
nodules  in  an  organ,  involving  also  the  adjacent  lymphatic 
glands,  and  the  carcass  is  well  nourished,  the  meat  may 
be  passed  after  the  affected  parts  are  removed  and  con- 
demned. If  extensive  lesions,  with  or  without  pleuritic 
adhesions,  are  found  in  the  lungs,  or  if  several  of  the 
visceral  organs  contain  caseous  nodules  and  the  carcass 
is  emaciated,  it  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  13.   Paragraph  1.   The  following  principles  are    Tuberculosis. 
declared  for  guidance  in  passing  on  carcasses  affected 
with  tuberculosis: 

Principle  A. — The  fundamental  thought  is  that  meat    Fundamental 
should  not  be  used  for  food  if  it  contains  tubercle  bacilli,  thousht- 
if  there  is  a  reasonable  possibility  that  it  may  contain 
tubercle  bacilli,  or  if  it  is  impregnated  with  toxic  sub- 
stances of  tuberculosis  or  associated  septic  infections. 

Principle  B. — On  the  other  hand,  if  the  lesions  are.  Lesions  ior. 
localized  and  not  numerous,  if  there  is  no  evidence  of 
distribution  of  tubercle  bacilli  through  the  blood,  or  by 
other  means,  to  the  muscles  or  to  parts  that  may  be 
eaten  with  the  muscles,  and  if  the  animal  is  well  nourished 
and  in  good  condition,  there  is  no  proof,  or  even  reason 
to  suspect,  that  the  flesh  is  unwholesome. 

Principle  C. — Evidences  of  generalized  tuberculosis  Generalized  tu- 
are  to  be  sought  in  such  distribution  and  number  of 
tuberculous  lesions  as  can  be  explained  only  upon  the 
supposition  of  the  entrance  of  tubercle  bacilli  in  consid- 
erable number  into  the  systemic  circulation.  Signifi- 
cant of  such  generalization  are  the  presence  of  numerous 
uniformly  distributed  tubercles  throughout  both  lungs, 
also  tubercles  in  the  spleen,  kidneys,  bones,  joints,  and 
sexual  glands,  and  in  the  lymphatic  glands  connected 
with  these  organs  and  parts,  or  in  the  splenic,  renal, 
prescapular,  popliteal,  and  inguinal  glands,  when  several 
of  these  organs  and  parts  are  coincidentally  affected. 

Principle   D. — By  localized   tuberculosis  is  understood    Localized    tu- 
tuberculosis  limited  to  a  single  or  several  parts  or  organs 
of    the    body    without    evidence    of    recent    invasion    of 
numerous  bacilli  into  the  systemic  circulation. 

Paragraph  2.    The  following  rules  shall  govern  the  dis-    ^JJ1®8,  tuJercu- 
posal  of  tuberculous  meat:  lousmeat. 

Rule  A. — The  entire  carcass  shall  be  condemned —         condemnedarcass 

(a)  When  it  was  observed  before  the  animal  was  killed 
that  it  was  suffering  with  fever. 

(b)  When  there  is  a  tuberculous  or  other  cachexia,  as 
shown  by  anemia  and  emaciation. 

(c)  When  the  lesions  of  tuberculosis  are  generalized,  as 
shown  by  their  presence  not  only  at  the  usual  seats  of 
primary  infection,  but  also  in  parts  of  the  carcass  or  the 
organs  that  may  be  reached  by  the  bacilli  of  tuberculosis 
only  when  they  are  carried  in  the  systemic  circulation. 

58548—08 3 


18  REG.  13.      DISPOSAL    OF    DISEASED    CARCASSES,  ETC. 

contimSlosis—  Tuberculous  lesions  in  any  two  of  the  following-mentioned 
organs  are  to  be  accepted  as  evidence  of  generalization 
when  they  occur  in  addition  to  local  tuberculous  lesions 
in  the  digestive  or  respiratory  tracts,  including  the 
lymphatic  glands  connected  therewith:  Spleen,  kidney, 
uterus,  udder,  ovary,  testicle,  adrenal  gland,  brain,  or 
spinal  cord  or  their  membranes.  Numerous  uniformly 
distributed  tubercles  throughout  both  lungs  also  afford 
evidence  of  generalization. 

(d)  When  the  lesions  of  tuberculosis  are  found  in  the 
muscles  or  intermuscular  tissue  or  bones  or  joints,  or  in 
the  body  lymphatic  glands  as  a  result  of  draining  the 
muscles,  bones,  or  joints. 

(e)  When  the  lesions  are  extensive  in  one  or  both  body 
cavities. 

(f)  When  the  lesions  are  multiple,  acute,  and  actively 
progressive.  (Evidence  of  active  progress  consists  in 
signs  of  acute  inflammation  about  the  lesions,  or  lique- 
faction necrosis,  or  the  presence  of  young  tubercles.) 

Part  of  carcass      Rule   B. — An   organ  or  a  part  of   a  carcass   shall   be 

condemned.  .  .  &  r 

condemned — 

(a)  When  it  contains  lesions  of  tuberculosis. 

(b)  When  the  lesion  is  immediately  adjacent  to  the 
flesh,  as  in  the  case  of  tuberculosis  of  the  parietal  pleura 
or  peritoneum,  not  only  the  membrane  or  part  affected 
but  also  the  adjacent  thoracic  or  abdominal  wall  is  to  be 
condemned. 

(c)  When  it  has  been  contaminated  by  tuberculous  ma- 
terial, through  contact  with  the  floor,  a  soiled  knife,  or 
otherwise. 

(d)  All  heads  showing  lesions  of  tuberculosis  shall  be 
condemned. 

(e)  An  organ  shall  be  condemned  when  the  correspond- 
ing lymphatic  gland  is  tuberculous. 

carcass  passed.  Rule  C. — The  carcass,  if  the  tuberculous  lesions  are 
limited  to  a  single  or  several  parts  or  organs  of  the  body 
(except  as  noted  in  Rule  A),  without  evidence  of  recent 
invasion  of  tubercle  bacilli  into  the  systemic  circulation, 
shall  be  passed  after  the  parts  containing  the  localized 
lesions  are  removed  and  condemned  in  accordance  with 
Rule  B. 
denadrintoSiardor  ^u*e  **• — Carcasses  which  reveal  lesions  more  numer- 
taiiow.  ous  than  those  described  for  carcasses  to  be  passed  (Rule 

C),  but  not  so  severe  as  the  lesions  describee!  for  carcases 
to  be  condemned  (Rule  A),  may  be  rendered  into  lard  or 
tallow  if  the  distribution  of  the  lesions  is  such  that  all 
parts  containing  tuberculous  lesions  can  be  removed. 
Such  carcasses  shall  be  cooked  by  steam  at  a  tempera- 
ture not  lower  than  220  degrees  Fahrenheit  for  not  less 
than  four  hours. 

Texas  fever.         Section  14.  Carcasses  showing  lesions  to  warrant  the 
diagnosis  of  Texas  fever  shall  be  condemned. 


REG.   13.      DISPOSAL    OF   DISEASED    CARCASSES,   ETC.  19 

Section  15.  Carcasses  of  sheep  affected  with  parasitic    Parasitic  icte- 

.     .  ,  i        •  i      11    i  ii  ro-neinutiiru. 

lctero-hematuna  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  16.  Carcasses  of  animals  affected  with  mange,    Mangeorscab. 
or  scab,  in  advanced  stages,  or  showing  emaciation  or 
extension  of  the  inflammation  to  the  flesh,  shall  be  con- 
demned.    When  the  disease  is  slight  the  carcass  may  be 
passed. 

Section    17.  Paragraph   1.  Carcasses    of   animals    af-    Tapeworm 
fected    with    tapeworm    cysts,    known    as     Cysticercus°y 
bovis  and  C.  cellulosse,  shall  be  rendered  into  lard  or  tal- 
low, unless  the  infestation  is  excessive,  in  which  case  the 
carcass  shall  be  condemned. 

Paragraph  2.  Carcasses  of  animals  found  infested  with 
gid  bladderworms  (C<vnurus  cerebralis,  Muliiceps  soci- 
alis)  may  be  passed  after  condemnation  of  the  infected 
organ  (brain,  spinal  cord). 

Paragraph  3.  Carcasses  or  parts  of  carcasses  found  in- 
fested with  the  hydatid  cyst  (echinococcus)  may  be 
passed  after  condemnation  of  the  infected  part  or  organ. 

Section  18.  All  carcasses  of  animals  so  infected  that    infections  that 
consumption  of  the  meat  or  meat  food  products  thereof  JSiLnfng!  mea 
may  give  rise  to  meat  poisoning  shall  be  condemned. 
This  section  covers  all  carcasses  showing  signs  of — 

(a)  Acute  inflammation  of  the  lungs,  pleura,  peri- 
cardium, peritoneum,  or  meninges. 

(b)  Septicemia  or  pyemia,  whether  puerperal,  trau- 
matic, or  without  any  evident  cause. 

(c)  Severe  hemorrhagic  or  gangrenous  enteritis  or 
gastritis. 

(d)  Acute  diffuse  metritis  or  mammitis. 

(e)  Polyarthritis. 

(J)  Phlebitis  of  the  umbilical  veins. 

(g)  Traumatic  pericarditis. 

(h)  Any  other  inflammation,  abscess,  or  suppurating  sore 
if  associated  with  acute  nephritis,  fatty  and  degenerated 
liver,  swollen  soft  spleen,  marked  pulmonary  hyperemia, 
general  swelling  of  lymphatic  glands,  and  diffuse  redness 
of  the  skin,  either  singly  or  in  combination. 

Immediately  after  slaughter  of  any  animal  so  diseased 
the  premises  and  implements  used  must  be  thoroughly 
disinfected  as  prescribed  elsewhere  in  these  regulations. 
The  part  of  any  carcass  coming  into  contact  with  the 
carcass  or  any  part  of  the  carcass  of  any  animal  covered 
by  this  section,  other  than  those  affected  with  the  dis- 
eases mentioned  in  (a)  above,  or  with  the  place  where 
such  animal  was  slaughtered,  or  with  the  implements 
used  in  the  slaughter,  before  thorough  disinfection  of 
such  place  and  implements  has  been  accomplished,  or 
with  any  other  contaminated  object,  shall  be  condemned; 
in  case  the  contaminated  part  is  not  removed  from  the 
carcass  within  two  hours  after  such  contact  the  whole 
carcass  shall  be  condemned. 


2*2  REGS.    15,   16.      CONDEMNED   ROOMS;    TANKS,   ETC. 

affected  with  infectious  diseases  but  which  require  further 
inspection, 
s  iVtion tmal  'n~  Section  2.  Retained  carcasses  shall  be  subjected  to  a 
final  inspection,  and  immediately  after  this  is  completed 
those  found  to  be  wholesome  and  fit  for  human  food 
be  released  by  the  veterinary  inspector  conducting  the 
inspection,  who  shall  remove  the  '  U.  S.  Retained"  tags, 
and  the  carcasses  shall  be  removed  from  the  retaining 
room  and  marked  "Inspected  and  Passed,"  as  provided 
in  Regulation  17,  section  5. 

Disinfection.  Section  3.  The  floors  and  walls  of  all  retaining  rooms 
shall  be  washed  with  hot  water  and  disinfected  after  dis- 
eased animals  are  removed  and  before  any  "  retained " 
carcasses  are  again  placed  therein. 

REGULATION  15.   "CONDEMNED"  ROOMS. 

roSmsddcns"rii2     Section  1.  In  each  establishment  at  which  condemned 
tion.  '  carcasses  or  meat,  food  products  are  held  until  the  da}'  fol- 

lowing their  condemnation  there  shall  be  provided  a  room 
entirely  separate  from  all  other  rooms  in  the  establish- 
ment. This  room  shall  be  secure,  rat  proof,  and  shall  be 
provided  with  a  lock,  the  ke}r  of  which  shall  remain  in  the 
custody  of  a  Department  employee.  This  room  shall  be 
known  as  the  "condemned  room,"  and  shall  be  kept 
locked  at  all  times  except  when  condemned  meat  or  meat 
food  product  is  being  taken  into  or  from  the  said  room 
under  the  supervision  of  a  Department  employee.  The 
condemned  room  shall  be  kept  clean. 

ftDiTnSsVe<Uor     Section  2.  Carcasses  or  parts  of  carcasses  found  on 
parts.  '   final  inspection  to  be  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome, 

or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food  shall  be  marked  "U.  S. 
Inspected  and  Condemned/'  as  provided  in  Regulation 
17,  section  4,  and  shall  be  immediately  removed  from  the 
retaining  room  to  the  ''condemned  room,"  if  such  con- 
demned room  is  provided.  In  case  no  condemned  room 
is  provided  they  shall  be  locked  in  the  retaining  room  and 
shall  be  tanked  at  or  before  the  close  of  the  day  on  which 
they  are  condemned. 

)o^ied'of  dcon-     Section  3.  Condemned  carcasses  shall  not  be  allowed 
aemned  carcass-  to  accumulate,  but  shall  be  removed  from  the  ''condemned 


es. 


room,"  denatured  as  provided  in  Regulation  16,  section  3, 
or  tanked  within  a  reasonable  time  after  condemnation. 

vJe<i,Kks  pr°"  Section  4.  A  truck  or  trucks  of  sufficient  capacity, 
plainly  marked,  and  which  can  be  locked  or  sealed,  shall, 
when  required  by  the  inspector  in  charge,  be  provided  for 
handling  condemned  meat. 

REGULATION  16.  TANK  ROOMS,  TANKS,  AND  TANKING. 

se '» «irate8  J-  <>  !n  -     Section  1.  All  tanks  and  equipment  used  for  rendering 

partSmta. '    '   and  preparing  edible  product  shall  be  in  compartments 

separate  from  those  used  for  rendering  inedible  product, 

and  there  shall  be  no  connection  by  means  of  pipes  or 


REGS.  16,  17.      TANKS,  ETC.;    TAG*,  BRANDS,  STAMPS.  23 

otherwise  between  the  tanks  or  departments  containing 
inedible  product  and  those  containing  edible  product. 
This  provision  must  be  complied  with  on  or  before  Octo- 
ber 1,  1908. 

Section  2.    Paragraph    1.    All   condemned    carcasses,    Method  of 
parts  of  carcasses,  and  meat  food  products  shall  be  tanked  tan  mg' 
as  follows: 

Paragraph  2.  After  the  lower  opening  and  the  draw-off 
valves  of  the  tank  have  been  securely  sealed  by  an 
employee  of  the  Department  and  the  condemned  car- 
casses, parts,  and  meat  food  products  are  placed  therein 
in  his  presence,  the  upper  opening  shall  be  likewise 
securely  sealed  by  such  employee,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
then  to  see  that  a  sufficient  force  of  steam  (not  less  than 
40  pounds,  producing  a  temperature  of  288  degrees 
Fahrenheit)  is  turned  into  the  tank  and  maintained  a 
sufficient  time  (not  less  than  six  hours)  effectually  to 
render  the  contents  unfit  for  any  edible  product.  Wire 
and  lead  seals  are  provided  by  the  Department  for  sealing 
tanks.  Proprietors  of  establishments  are  required  to 
equip  all  tanks  used  for  condemned  products  so  that  they 
may  be  securely  sealed  in  the  manner  above  specified. 

Paragraph  3.  A  sufficient  quantity  of  coloring  matter 
or  other  substance  to  be  designated  by  the  Department 
shall  be  used  in  connection  with  the  rendering  of  all  con- 
demned carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses,  meat,  or  meat  food 
products  to  destroy  them  effectually  for  food  purposes. 

Paragraph  4-  The  seals  of  tanks  containing  condemned 
meat  or  the  tankage  thereof  shall  be  broken  only  by  an 
employee  of  the  Department,  and  such  employee  shall 
supervise  the  drawing  off  of  the  contents  of  such  tanks 
and  the  marking  of  the  tallow  and  grease  as  inedible. 

Paragraph  5.  If  an  official  establishment  fails  to  permit 
the  treatment  and  tanking  of  condemned  carcasses,  parts 
of  carcasses,  meat,  or  meat  food  products  as  required  by 
these  regulations,  the  inspector  in  charge  shall  report  that 
fact  to  the  Department,  in  order  that  inspection  may  be 
withdrawn  from  such  establishment. 

Section  3.  Any  meat  or  meat  food  products  condemned  in  the  absence 
at  establishments  which  have  no  facilities  for  tanking  shall  ties.an  mg 
be  freely  slashed  with  a  knife  and  then  denatured  with 
crude  carbolic  acid  or  other  prescribed  agent,  and  then 
removed  to  an  establishment  indicated  by  the  inspector 
in  charge  and  there  tanked  and  rendered  under  the  super- 
vision of  an  employee  of  the  Department;  or  such  meat 
or  meat  food  products  may  be  destroyed  by  incineration 
under  the  supervision  of  an  employee  of  the  Department. 

REGULATION  17.  TAGS,  BRANDS,   STAMPS. 

Section  1.  To  each  animal  inspected  under  Regulation  '  r.s.  suspect- 
1 1  which  shows  symptoms  or  is  suspected  of  being  affected tag' 
with  an}'  disease  or  condition  which  under  these  regula- 


24  REG.  17.      TAGS,  BRANDS,  STAMPS. 

tions  ma}7"  cause  its  condemnation  in  whole  or  in  part  on 
post-mortem  inspection  there  shall  be  affixed  by  a  De- 
partment employee  at  the  time  of  inspection  a  numbered 
metal  tag  bearing  the  words  "U.  S.  Suspect,"  which  shall 
remain  upon  the  animal  until  final  post-mortem  inspection, 
when  the  carcass  shall  be  marked  according  to  the  condi- 
tions found,  and  disposed  of  as  elsewhere  provided  in  these 
regulations. 

d  "u*d"taCon"  Section  2.  To  the  ear  of  each  animal  which  is  found  in 
a  dying  condition  or  dead  on  the  premises  of  an  establish- 
ment there  shall  be  affixed  by  a  Department  employee  a 
numbered  tag  bearing  the  words  U.  S.  Condemned." 
The  ear  bearing  the  tag  shall  not  be  removed  from  the 
carcass.  The  number  of  this  tag  shall  be  reported  to  the 
inspector  in  charge  by  the  employee  who  affixes  it.  This 
tag  shall  accompany  the  condemned  carcass  into  the  tank, 
and  the  Department  employee  who  is  supervising  the  tank- 
ing shall  make  a  report  of  the  number  to  the  inspector  in 
charge. 

taiBed"tag  Re~  Section  3.  Upon  each  carcass,  or  part  or  detached 
organ  thereof,  inspected  under  Regulation  12,  in  which 
any  lesion  of  disease  or  other  condition  is  found  that  might 
render  the  meat  or  any  organ  unfit  for  food  purposes,  and 
which  for  that  reason  would  require  a  subsequent  inspec- 
tion, there  shall  be  placed  by  a  Department  employee  at 
the  time  of  inspection  a  tag,  numbered  in  duplicate,  bear- 
ing the  words  "U.  S.  Retained,"  and  such  other  marks  of 
identification  shall  be  used  as  shall  be  approved  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  The  inspector 
who  attaches  this  UU.  S.  Retained"  tag  shall  detach  the 
numbered  stub  thereof  and  forward  it  with  his  report  to 
the  inspector  in  charge.  The  other  portion  shall  accom- 
pany the  carcass  to  the  retaining  room. 

"U.  s.  in-  Section  4.  Each  carcass,  or  part  or  detached  organ 
dSned/'ld  on"  thereof,  which  is  found  on  final  inspection  to  be  unsound, 
unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food  shall  be  marked  conspicuously  by  a  Department 
employee  at  the  time  of  inspection  with  the  words  "U.  S. 
Inspected  and  Condemned."  The  "U.  S.  Retained"  tag 
shall  accompany  the  carcass  into  the  tank,  and  the  number 
thereof  shall  be  reported  by  the  employee  who  supervises 
the  tanking.  If,  however,  upon  final  inspection  the  car- 
cass or  part  thereof  is  passed,  the  UU.  S.  Retained"  tag 
shall  be  removed  and  returned  to  the  inspector  in  charge. 
A  record  of  the  tag  showing  the  serial  number,  the  final 
disposal  of  the  carcass  or  part  to  which  it  was  affixed, 
the  date,  and  the  name  of  the  inspector  shall  be  forwarded 
with  the  regular  reports  to  the  inspector  in  charge. 

Marking  passed  Section  5.  Upon  all  passed  carcasses  slaughtered 
under  inspection  there  shall  be  placed  by  an  employee  of 
the  Department,  or  by  an  employee  of  the  establishment 
under  the  supervision  of  an  employee  of  the  Depart- 


carcusses. 


REG.  17.      TAGS,  BRANDS,  STAMPS.  25 

ment,  meat-inspection  marks  hearing  the  words  "In- 
spected and  Passed,"  or  an  authorized  abbreviation 
thereof,  and  such  other  matter  as  may  be  required  by 
the  Department.  The  number  of  marks,  their  location 
on  the  carcass,  and  the  time  they  shall  be  affixed,  shall 
be  determined  by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  Each  passed  primal  part  ormMarWng  pri" 
the  true  container  thereof  must  be  marked  under  the™ 
supervision  of  a  Department  employee,  with  the  words 
"Inspected  and  Passed,"  or  an  authorized  abbreviation 
thereof,  and  the  oflicial  establishment  number,  except  as 
provided  in  paragraphs  2  and  3  of  this  section  and  in  sec- 
tion 12  of  Regulation  25. 

Paragraph  2.  When  primal  parts  are  shipped  from  one  Primal  parts 
official  establishment  to  another  for  further  processing,  laments. esta  " 
it  is  not  obligatory  that  the  inspection  legend  appear  on 
such  primal  parts,  but  the  container  thereof  in  the  case 
of  a  package  shall  be  marked  as  specified  in  section  9  of 
this  regulation,  and  in  the  case  of  a  car  shall  be  sealed; 
in  such  cases  the  primal  parts,  after  processing,  shall  show 
plainly  the  inspection  legend  and  the  number  of  the  official 
establishment  at  which  the  processing  was  completed. 

Paragraph  3.  Passed  primal  parts  of  pork  intended  for    Export  pork, 
export  need  not  be  marked  with  the  authorized  marks  of 
inspection,  but  all  outside  containers  shall  bear  the  meat- 
inspection  stamp. 

Section  7.  The  inspection  legend  or  an  authorized  Branding  irons. 
abbreviation  thereof  may  be  affixed,  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  Department  employee,  to  hams,  bacon,  and 
similar  primal  parts  with  a  hot  branding  iron,  and  when 
so  affixed  will  be  recognized  as  the  official  mark  of  in- 
spection. When  hot  branding  irons  are  used  to  affix 
trade  brands  or  descriptions,  such  brand  or  description 
must  be  distinct  and  apart  from  the  inspection  legend. 

Section  8.  Upon  all  meat  food  products  which  are  s  ^Tking  jem- 
suspected  on  reinspection  of  being  unsound,  unheal  thful,  and  'meatmfood 
unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  or  upon  products" 
the  containers  thereof,  there  shall  be  placed  by  a  Depart- 
ment employee  at  the  time  of  reinspection  the  "U.  S. 
Retained"  tags  hereinbefore  described.  The  employee 
who  affixes  the  tag  shall  send  the  numbered  stub  with 
his  report  to  the  inspector  in  charge.  These  tags  shall 
accompany  the  said  meats  or  meat  food  products  to  the 
retaining  room  or  other  special  place  for  final  inspection. 
When  the  final  inspection  is  made,  if  the  meat  or  meat 
food  product  be  condemned,  the  "U.  S.  Retained"  tag 
shall  be  stamped  "U.  S.  Inspected  and  Condemned,"  ana 
shall  accompany  the  condemned  meat  or  meat  food  prod- 
uct to  the  tank,  and  the  inspector  shall  report  his  action 
to  the  inspector  in  charge.  If,  however,  upon  final  inspec- 
tion the  meat  or  meat  food  product  is  passed  for  food, 
58548—08 4 


26      KEGS.  17,  18.   TAGS,  BRANDS,  STAMPS  ;  TRADE  LABELS. 

the  inspector  shall  stamp  the  retained  tag  "Inspected 
and  Passed"  and  return  the  tag  with  his  report  to  the 
inspector  in  charge. 

iaS?.mestic  meat  Section  9.  When  meat  products  for  domestic  trade 
have  been  inspected  and  passed,  the  outside  containers  of 
such  meat  shall  bear  (in  lieu  of  meat-inspection  stamp) 
a  domestic  meat  label  which  has  been  submitted  to  and 
approved  by  the  Department,  showing  the  official  estab- 
lishment number  and  the  following  legend:  "The  meat 
contained  herein  has  been  inspected  and  passed  under  the 
provisions  of  the  act  of  June  30,  1906."  The  firm  name 
may  also  appear  on  the  label  if  desired.  The  dimensions 
of  the  label  shall  be  not  less  than  4  inches  by  2}  inches. 
Outside  containers  if  bearing  approved  trade  labels  are 
not  required  to  be  provided  with  the  label  above  de- 
scribed. Domestic  meat  labels  shall  be  affixed  to  pack- 
ages in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Regulation  24  for  affix- 
ing labels  to  export  packages. 

Marking  ex-  Sectiox.  10.  Each  outside  container  (except  cloth 
wrappings)  of  export  meat  or  meat  food  products  shall 
be  marked  with  a  meat-inspection  stamp.  The  cloth 
wrappings  of  inspected  and  passed  meat  which  is  so 
marked  shall  be  marked  with  an  authorized  mark  of 
inspection. 

"Preservative"     Section  11.  Upon   each  container  of   meat  or  meat 
stamp.  food  products,  such  as  ham,  bacon,  etc.,  prepared  for 

export  with  preservatives  under  Regulation  22,  section 
3,  paragraph  1,  there  shall  be  placed,  under  the  personal 
supervision  of  a  Department  employee,  a  special  stamp 
for  marking  such  meats,  known  as  the  "Preservative" 
stamp.  All  outside  containers  of  such  meat  or  meat 
food  products  shall  bear  the  " Preservative"  stamp. 

REGULATION  18.  TRADE  LABELS. 

Trade  labels.  Section  1.  Upon  each  can,  pot,  tin,  canvas,  or  other 
receptacle  or  covering  containing  any  meat  or  meat  food 
product,  which  meat  or  meat  food  product  does  not  bear 
the  marks  "  Inspected  and  Passed,"  there  shall  be  se- 
curely affixed,  under  the  supervision  of  a  Department 
employee,  a  trade  label  before  such  meat  or  meat  food 
product  leaves  an  official  establishment.  This  trade 
label  shall  contain,  in  plain  letters  and  figures  of  uniform 
size,  the  words  "U.S.  Inspected  and  Passed,"  the  number 
of  the  official  establishment  at  which  the  meat  or  meat  food 
product  is  last  processed,  and  the  true  name  of  the  meat 
or  meat  food  product  contained  in  such  package.  The 
words  "  under  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  1906," 
may  be  placed  upon  the  label  after  the  words  "  U.  S.  In- 
spected and  Passed."  An  inspector  shall  not  allow  trade 
labels  to  be  affixed  until  he  is  satisfied  that  the  contents 
of  the  package  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and 
fit  for  human  food,  in  accordance  with  the  statements 
on  the  label. 


REG.  18.      TRADE    LABELS.  27 

Section  2.  Duplicate  copies  of  each  trade  label  in  the  aJKSJSd  £°,  he 
form  of  sketches  or  proofs  shall  first  be  submitted  to  the 
Department,  and  no  trade  label  shall  be  used  until  a 
sketch  or  proof  thereof  has  been  approved.  After  trade 
labels  are  printed  from  approved  proofs  or  sketches  they 
shall  be  forwarded  in  triplicate  to  the  Department  for 
approval  and  filing. 

Section  3.  No  trade  label  bearing  the  words  "U.  S.  In-  us^hennot  tobe 
spected  and  Passed,"  or  any  abbreviation  or  simulation 
thereof,  shall  be  used  on  meat  or  meat  food  products 
which  have  not  been  inspected  and  passed  under  these 
regulations,  and  no  trade  label  bearing  the  inspection 
legend,  or  any  abbreviation  or  simulation  thereof,  shall 
be  placed  upon  meat  or  meat  food  products  except  under 
the  supervision  of  an  inspector. 

Section  4.  Tin  containers,  embossed  or  lithographed  JviLf0?^^9 

.,,,,,  ..       ,  .  '  .         .        ...  ,  °  •  i  i  embossed  or  hth- 

with  the  label  as  prescrioed  in  section  1,  will  be  considered  ographei. 
as  bearing  trade  labels.    On  and  after  October  1,  1908,  all 
sealed  tin  containers  must  have  the  number  of  the  official 
establishment  where  packed  embossed,  lithographed,  or 
printed  thereon. 

Section  5.  The  essential  features  of  a  trade  label  are    Essential   fea- 
as  follows,  and  shall  appear  upon  each  label: 
The  true  name  of  the  product. 
The  inspection  legend. 
The  establishment  number. 

Section  6.  The  inspection  legend  'U.  S.  Inspected  and    The  inspection 
Passed,"  or  an  authorized  abbreviation  thereof,  and  the  legen 
official  establishment  number  in  plain  characters  of  uni- 
form size,  which  shall  be  in  proper  proportion  to  the  gen- 
eral lettering  of  the  label,  must  be  separately  and  prom- 
inently embodied  in  all  trade  labels. 

Section  7.  In  the  case  of  meat  contained  in  cartons,  stickers,  de- 
or  in  wrappers  of  paper,  cloth,  or  other  similar  substance,  JJ?Ukble  device' 
the  inspection  legend  and  the  official  establishment  num- 
ber may  be  embodied  in  a  sticker  or  seal  of  proportionate 
size  prominently  displayed  with  the  trade  label  but  not 
necessarily  a  part  of  the  trade  label,  such  stickers  or 
seals  to  be  approved  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 
It  is  not  permissible  to  affix  to  meat  or  meat  food  products 
a  detachable  device  of  any  kind  which  bears  the  inspec- 
tion legend. 

Section  8.  While  labels  to  be  affixed  for  foreign  ship-  ^p?* dsIabds 
ment  may  be  printed  in  a  foreign  language,  the  same 
rules  shall  apply  with  reference  to  false  labeling  and  the 
naming  of  ingredients  as  shall  apply  to  goods  prepared 
for  domestic  use.  The  inspection  legend  and  the  official 
establishment  number  must  in  all  cases  appear  in  English; 
but  if  desired  they  may  in  addition,  literally  translated, 
appear  in  the  language  of  the  country  to  which  the  pack- 
age is  destined. 


28  BEGS.  18,  19.   TRADE  LABELS ;  REINSPECTION. 

aredi?ranoSer  Section  9.  Paragraph  1.  When  an  article  is  prepared 
establishment,  by  an  official  establishment  for  another  firm  or  individual, 
if  the  name  of  the  said  firm  or  individual  is  to  appear 
upon  the  label  the  statement  must  be  made  that  the  article 
was  "prepared  for"  or  "manufactured  for"  the  firm  or 
individual.  Names  of  subsidiary  companies  which  have 
legal  entity  may  be  used  without  the  prefix  "prepared 
for"  or  "manufactured  for." 

Paragraph  2.  When  a  firm  or  individual  not  operating 
under  Federal  inspection  desires  to  reship  inspected  and 
passed  meat  that  has  been  processed  only  under  Govern- 
ment inspection  and  is  eligible  under  these  regulations  for 
interstate  shipment  he  may  affix  to  the  package  the  fol- 
lowing statement:  "The  meat  contained  herein  has  been 
inspected  and  passed  at  an  establishment  where  Federal 
inspection  is  maintained." 

J/™e™odec0p~  Section  10.  No  meat  or  meat  food  products  shall  be 
sold  or  offered  for  sale  by  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation 
under  any  false  or  deceptive  name;  but  the  established 
trade  name  or  names  which  are  usual  to  such  products, 
which  are  not  false  and  deceptive  and  which  shall  be 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  are  permitted. 

Misleading     Section  11.  No  picture,  design,  or  device  which  gives 

SrCdev&?.esi8n8'  any  false  indication  of  origin  or  quality  shall  be  used  upon 

any  label.     The  law  prohibits  any  statement,  design,  or 

device  false  in  any  particular  regarding  the  virtues  or 

properties  of  the  materials  contained  in  the  package. 

The  principal  Section  12.  A  meat  food  product  when  composed  of 
ingredient.  more  than  one  ingredient  shall  not  bear  a  trade  label 
with  a  name  stating  or  purporting  to  show  that  the  said 
meat  food  product  is  a  substance  which  is  not  the  prin- 
cipal ingredient  contained  therein,  even  though  such 
name  be  an  established  trade  name. 


tive  names. 


stance. 


Added  sub-  Section  13.  A  meat  food  product  that  contains  a 
substance  or  substances,  including  water,  added  for  the 
purpose  of  adulteration  and  which  lessens  its  food  value 
shall  bear  a  label  stating  that  such  substance  or  sub- 
stances have  been  added. 

statement  of  'Section  14.  When  any  weight  is  given  upon  the  true 
container  it  must  be  the  correct  weight,  and  it  must  be 
stated  whether  this  weight  is  the  net  weight  or  the  gross 
weight. 

REGULATION  19.  REINSPECTION. 

Reinspection  of  Section  1.  Immediately  before  shipment  and  at  such 
aSdSpirts.rcass°s  other  times  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  all  carcasses  or 
parts  thereof,  whether  fresh  or  cured,  thatlmve  been  previ- 
ously inspected  and  passed  shall  be  reinspected  by  the  in- 
spector in  charge  or  his  assistants,  in  such  manner  as  shall 
be  prescribed  by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indus- 


REG.  19.      REINSPECTION.  29 

try,  and  if  upon  any  such  reinspection  any  carcass  or  part 
thereof  is  found  to  have  become  unsound,  unhealthful, 
unwholesome,  or  in  any  way  unfit  for  human  food  the 
original  mark,  stamp,  tag,  or  label  shall  be  destroyed  or 
defaced  and  the  carcass  or  part  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  2.  Except  as  provided  in  Regulation  20,  only  Reinspection  of 
carcasses  and  parts  thereof,  meat,  or  meat  food  products  SSKJ?1  at  "oin- 
wliich  have  not  been  processed  except  under  Governments^  estabiish- 
supervision,  and  which  can  by  marks,  seals,  brands,  or 
labels  be  identified  as  having  been  previously  inspected 
and  passed  by  a  Department  employee,  shall  be  taken 
into  or  allowed  to  enter  an  official  establishment.  All 
such  carcasses,  parts,  meat,  or  meat  food  products  which 
are  brought  into  one  official  establishment  from  another, 
or  which  are  returned  to  the  establishment  from  which 
they  issued,  shall  be  identified  and  reinspected  at  the  time 
of  receipt,  and  shall  be  subject  to  further  reinspection  in 
such  manner  and  at  such  times  as  may  be  deemed  neces- 
sary. If  upon  any  such  reinspection  any  carcass  or  part 
thereof,  or  meat  or  meat  food  product,  is  found  to  have 
become  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  in  any 
way  unfit  for  human  food,  the  original  mark,  stamp,  tag, 
or  label  shall  be  defaced  or  destroyed,  and  the  carcass, 
part,  meat,  or  meat  food  product  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  3.  Special  docks  and  receiving  rooms  shall  be    Special  places 
designated   by   the   establishment   for   the   receipt    and  inspection. 
inspection  of  all  meat  or  meat  food  products,  and  no  meat 
or  meat  food  products  shall  be  allowed  to  enter  the  es- 
tablishment   except  in    the   presence  of  a  Department 
employee. 

Section  4.  Unrendered  fats  from  carcasses  which  have,  Returned  fats 

■,  .  i      i  i  i  i  i  it  «i  from      inspected 

been  inspected  and  passed  may  be  returned  and  received  carcasses. 
into  official  establishments,  provided  the  fats  have  been 
handled  in  a  sanitary  manner  after  leaving  the  estab- 
lishment, and  provided  further  that  upon  inspection  the 
fats  are  found  to  be  clean,  sweet,  wholesome,  and  fit  for 
human  food.  However,  the  return  of  such  fats  to 
official  establishments  and  the  manner  in  which  they 
shall  be  handled  from  the  time  they  leave  such  estab- 
lishments until  their  return  thereto  shall  be  governed  by 
such  specific  instructions  as  may  be  issued  from  time  to 
time  by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Section  5.  Inedible  fats  may  be  received  only  into  the    inedible  fats, 
tank  room  provided  for  inedible  products,  and  when  so 
received  they  shall  not  enter  any  compartment  used  for 
edible  products. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  In  order  to  provide  for  the  H  Market  inspec 
interstate    transportation,    from    public    markets    and* 
other  places,  of  portions  of  inspected  and  passed  car- 
casses, parts,  and  meat  food  products  which,  when  cut  or 
otherwise  removed  from  a  marked  carcass,  part,  or  con- 


tion. 


30  REGS.  19,  20,  21.      UNINSPECTED   CARCASSES;   TANK   CARS. 

tainer,  do  not  show  the  inspection  mark  and  can  not 
therefore  be  identified  as  having  been  inspected  and 
Each  city  as- passed,  market  inspection  may  be  furnished.  Each  city 
r'  in  which  market  inspection  is  established  will  be  assigned 
a  number,  and  all  products  forwarded  under  such  inspec- 
tion shall  bear  the  inspection  legend  and  the  official  num- 
ber assigned  to  the  city. 
tiorS^ark^cf01  Paragraph  2.  Unmarked  portions  which  are  cut  from 
the  marked  carcass  or  part,  or  are  removed  from  the 
marked  container  for  interstate  transportation,  shall  be 
marked  by  a  Department  employee.  Wherever  practi- 
cable the  brand  shall  be  applied  to  the  meat  itself ;  where 
this  can  not  be  done  the  true  container  of  the  meat  or 
meat  food  product  shall  be  marked  as  required  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

of?Steti?n,etc8  Paragraph  3.  All  market  stalls  or  other  places  which 
are  given  market  inspection  shall  be  maintained  in  a 
sanitary  condition  and  shall  also  conform  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  Department  governing  the  use  of  drugs, 
chemicals,  dyes,  and  preservatives. 

REGULATION    20.    CARCASSES    OF    ANIMALS    NOT    IN- 
SPECTED ANTE-MORTEM. 

an^m^Tot  in-  Section  1.°  Carcasses  of  animals  which  have  had  no 
spec  ted  ante- ante-mortem  inspection  by  inspectors  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry  will  not,  except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
be  admitted  into  an  official  establishment.  The  excep- 
tion to  this  rule  applies  only  to  carcasses  to  which  the 
head  and  all  viscera,  except  the  stomach,  bladder,  and 
intestines,  are  held  by  the  natural  attachments.  Such 
carcasses,  if  offered  for  admission  into  official  estab- 
lishments, shall  be  inspected,  and  if  found  to  be  free 
from  disease  and  otherwise  sound,  healthful,  wholesome, 
and  fit  for  human  food  they  shall  be  marked  "  Inspected 
and  Passed"  and  admitted.  If  found  to  be  diseased, 
unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit 
for  human  food,  they  shall  be  marked  "U.  S.  Inspected 
and  Condemned/'  and  the  proprietor  of  the  establish- 
ment shall  be  required  to  destroy  them  for  food  purposes, 
as  provided  in  Regulation  16,  section  2. 

REGULATION  21.  TANK  CARS. 

must  be  sealed.8'  Section  1.  Tank  cars  carrying  edible  meat  food  prod- 
ucts into  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  shall  be  provided 
with  proper  appliances  for  sealing  and  be  securely  sealed 
with  seals  furnished  by  the  Department  and  affixed  by 
Department  employees. 

tents^o  boats?11"  Section  2.  When  such  products  for  export  are  trans- 
ferred from  tank  cars  to  other  containers  on  boats,  such 
transfer  shall  be  under  Government  supervision,  and  the 
said  containers  on  boats  shall  likewise  be  sealed. 


a  Formerly  Regulation  62,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 


KEG.   22.      DYES,  CHEMICALS,  PRESERVATIVES.  31 

REGULATION  22.  DYES,  CHEMICALS,  AND  PRESERVA- 
TIVES.      • 


Section  1.   No  meat  or  meat  food  product  shall  contain    Dyes,  preserv- 
any  substance  which  lessens  its  wriolesomeness,  nor  anypr0Wb'ited.;w    * 
drug,  chemical,  dye,  or  preservative,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1.  There  may  be  added  to  meat  wj|*  is  i,,r- 
or  meat  food  products  common  salt,  sugar,  wood  smoke, 
vinegar,  pure  spices,  and  saltpeter.  Only  such  coloring 
matters  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture as  being  harmless  may  be  used,  and  these  only  in 
such  manner  as  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  des- 
ignate. 

Paragraph  2.  Substances  necessary  for  the  preparation, 
clarification,  or  refining  of  meat  food,  products  will  be 
permitted  to  be  used  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  Agriculture,  provided  they  are  eliminated  from 
the  meat  food  products  during  the  further  process  of 
manufacture. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  In  accordance  with  the  writ-  eSSttSfto/c" 
ten  direction  of  the  foreign  purchaser  or  his  agent,  meat  port  products. 
or  meat  food  products  prepared  for  export  may  contain 
preservatives  of  a  kind  and  in  proportions  which  do  not  con- 
flict with  the  laws  of  the  foreign  country  to  which  they  are 
to  be  exported ;  but  when  such  meat  or  meat  food  products 
are  prepared  for  export  under  this  regulation  they  shall  be 
prepared  in  compartments  of  the  establishment  separate 
and  apart  from  those  in  which  meat  or  meat  food  products 
are  prepared  for  the  domestic  trade,  and  such  products 
shall  be  kept  separate.  Distinctive  export  certificates 
and  stamps  will  be  issued  for  meat  or  meat  food  products 
of  this  character,  but,  if  the  products  are  not  exported, 
under  no  circumstances  shall  they  be  allowed  to  enter 
domestic  trade. 

Paragraph  2.  The  packing  of  meat  which  is  prepared,  ing^SSahi 
as  provided  in  paragraph   1    of   this   section,  with   any  preservatives  are 
preservative  not  permitted  by  paragraph  1,  section  2,use  ' 
may  be  done  in  the  regular  packing  room,  provided  that 
no  other  meat  is  allowed  in  the  packing  room  during  the 
time  of  such  packing.     After  such  packing  is  completed 
the  packing  room  shall  be  thoroughly  cleansed  of  the 
preservative  before  the  packing  of  other  meat  therein  is 
resumed.     A  separate  compartment  constructed  of  tight 
partitions  or  walls  shall  be  set  apart  for  storing  the  pre- 
servative trays  and  other  appliances  used  in  connection 
with  the  packing.     The  Department  will  furnish  a  lock 
and  key  for  this  compartment,  and  the  packing  of  all 
meat  under  this  section  shall  be  conducted  under  the  per- 
sonal supervision  of  an  employee  of  this  Department. 


32  REG.  23.      PREPARATION    OF    MEAT    AND    PRODUCTS. 

REGULATION  23.   PREPARATION  OF  MEAT  AND  MEAT 
FOOD  PRODUCTS. 

j£n°c%SScic  ap~  Section  1.  All  processes  used  in  curing,  pickling,  ren- 
dering, canning,  or  otherwise  preparing  meat  or  meat 
food  products  in  oilicial  establishments  shall  be  super- 
vised by  Department  emplo}-ees.  No  fixtures  or  appli- 
ances, such  as  tables,  trucks,  trays,  tanks,  vats,  machines, 
implements,  cans,  or  containers  of  any  kind  shall  be  used 
unless  they  are  clean  and  sanitary.  All  steps  in  the 
process  of  manufacture  shall  be  conducted  carefully  and 
with  strict  cleanliness.  All  salt,  pickling  fluids,  and  other 
solutions  or  substances  used  in  curing  meat  must  be  clean. 

sterilization.  Section  2.  Canned  meat  or  meat  food  products  which 
umnSiploduc'ts. require  sterilization  to  preserve  them  must  be  subjected  to 
this  process  on  the  same  day  that  the  cans  are  rilled.  De- 
fective or  leaking  cans  discovered  after  the  process  of 
sterilization  has  been  completed  shall  not  be  repaired  or 
repacked  (unless  such  repairing  or  repacking  is  done  within 
six  hours  of  the  time  of  original  sterilization),  but  the 
contents  of  such  cans  shall  be  removed  and  condemned. 

potato  flour,  Section  3.  Potato  flour  shall  not  be  used  in  the  prepa- 
ration of  sausage,  nor  shall  excessive  quantities  of  cereals 
or  water  be  used. 


cereals,  water. 


Rendering.  Section  4.  Paragraph  1.  The  manufacture  of  all  fats 

into  lard,  tallow,  oils,  and  stearin  at  official  establish- 
ments shall  be  closely  supervised  by  employees  of  the 
Department,  who  shall  see  that  all  portions  of  carcasses 
rendered  into  edible  products  are  clean  and  wholesome. 

Heads.  Paragraph  2.  Heads  rendered  into  edible  product  shall 

first  be  split,  cross  sectioned,  and  thoroughly  washed  and 
cleaned. 

nogs' feet.  Paragraph  3.  When  hogs'  feet  are  used  for  lard,  the 

hair,  hoofs,  and  the  tissues  of  the  interdigital  spaces  must 
be  removed. 

entipcoiorSdi?orr  Paragraph  4-  All  pipes  and  similar  conveyers  used  in 
edible  and  inedi-  conducting  edible  fats  from  one  receptacle  or  container  to 
another  shall  be  of  a  distinctly  different  color  from  the 
pipes  and  similar  conveyers  used  in  conducting  inedible 
fats  from  one  receptacle  or  container  to  another. 
i.!^m™ms  of  Paragraph5.  Blueprints  or  other  accurate  diagrams 
showing  all  underground  pipe  lines  or  other  conveyers 
used  to  conduct  edible  and  inedible  products  at  oilicial 
establishments  and  also  those  extending  from  oilicial 
establishments  to  other  establishments,  either  official  or 
unofficial,  with  a  description  giving  the  exact  location, 
terminals,  and  dimensions  of  such  pipes,  or  other  con- 
veyers, and  of  all  gates,  valves,  or  other  controlling 
apparatus,  shall  be  filed  with  the  Department,  and  a  copy 
of  such  prints  or  diagrams  shall  be  filed  with  the  inspector 
in  charge.  The  prints  or  diagrams  should  designate  the 
lines  used  for  conveying  edible  products  and  those  used 
for   conveying    inedible   products.      If   no    such  under- 


pipe  lines. 


EEGS.  23,  24,  25.   EXPORT  STAMPS;  TRANSPORTATION.      33 

ground  pipes  or  conveyers  are  used  for  the  purposes  above 
indicated,  a  written  statement  certifying  to  this  fact  and 
duly  signed  by  the  management  of  each  establishment 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Department. 

Paragraph  6.  All  containers,  such  as  vats  and  tierces,  s  nc°df  b\n|proS! 
in  which  white   grease   or  other  inedible  meat  products ucts     to    be 
are  placed,  shall  be  plainly  marked  "inedible"  in  such1™ 
a  manner  that  they  can  be  readily  identified. 

Paragraph  7.  Final  containers,  such  as  tierces,  shall  be  co^teJn^  n e n  l 
appropriately  marked  on  both  ends  immediately  after 
filling. 

Section  5.  The  only  animal  casings  that  may  be  used    casings. 
as  containers  in  the  manufacture  of  sausage  under  these 
regulations  are  those  from  cattle,  hogs,  sheep,  or  goats. 

REGULATION  24.  STAMPS  FOR  EXPORT  PACKAGES. 

Section  1.  Paragraph    1.  Numbered    meat-inspection  Export  stamps. 
stamps  shall  be  affixed  to  packages  (except  those  in  cloth 
wrappings)  containing  meat  or  meat  food  products  to  be 
shipped  or  otherwise  transported  in  foreign  trade. 

Paragraph  2.  Stamps  shall  be  affixed  in  the  following  stf  ^Jf*1011  for 
manner,  and  when  they  have  been  affixed  they  shall  be 
covered    immediately    with    a    coating    of    transparent 
varnish  or  other  similar  substance: 

(a)  The  stamp  may  be  affixed  in  a  grooved  space  made    in  a  grooved 
by  removing  a  portion  of  the  wood  of  sufficient  size  tospac 
admit  the  stamp. 

(b)  The  stamp  may  be  placed  on  either  end  of  the    on  the  ends. 
package,  provided  that  the  sides  are  made  to  project  at 

least  one-eighth  of  an  inch  to  afford  the  necessary  pro- 
tection from  abrasion. 

Section  2.  Inedible-product   stamps   and   certificates    For    inedible 

.      r     *••  i     ,  x  i  •  ,     products. 

may,  upon  request,  be  issued  to  accompany  shipments 
for  export  of  casings,  bladders,  bungs,  hoofs,  and  other 
similar  inedible  animal  products. 

REGULATION  25.  TRANSPORTATION.^ 

Section  1.  Upon  the  application  of  the  exporter  the  ca?5?°whenrtl& 
inspector  in  charge  of  an  establishment  is  authorized  tosued- 
issue  certificates  for  export  shipments  of  inspected  and 
passed  meat  or  meat  food  products.  The  certificate 
should  be  issued  at  the  time  the  product  leaves  the 
establishment;  if,  however,  the  certificate  is  not  issued 
at  that  time,  it  can  only  be  issued  upon  identification 
and  reinspection  of  the  product. 

Section  2.  These  certificates  shall  be  issued  in  serial    Form  and  mat- 
numbers  and  in  triplicate  form.     Each  certificate  shall 

a  The  transportation  of  meat  or  meat  food  product  from  one  point  in 
a  State  or  Territory  to  another  point  in  the  same  State  or  Territory, 
when  in  course  of  shipment  the  meat  or  meat  food  product  is  taken 
through  another  State  or  Territory,  is  interstate  commerce. 


34  REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION. 

show  the  names  of  the  exporter,  and  the  consignee,  the 
destination,  the  numbers  of  the  stamps  attached  to  the 
article  to  be  exported,  the  shipping  marks,  the  kind  of 
product,  and  the  weight. 

one  certificate     Section   3.  Only   one   certificate   shall   be   issued   for 
lor.ath  consign- eack  consignment  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Disposal  of     Section  4.  Both  the  original  and  duplicate  certificates 

pVigcaateacert1fi-sna11  be  delivered  by  the  inspector  to  the  shipper.     The 

cates.  copy  of  certificate  provided  by  law  to  be  delivered  to 

the  chief  officer  of  the  vessel  shall  be  the  duplicate  copy 

and  shall  be  filed  with  the  customs  officers  at  the  time  of 

filing  the  master's  manifest  or  the  supplemental  manifest. 

certificate  nee-  Section  5.  No  master  of  any  steam  or  sailing  vessel 
transpi?tat?onre  snall  receive  for  transportation  or  transport  from  the 
United  States  to  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  or  any  of  the 
countries  of  continental  Europe,  or  to  Argentina  or 
Mexico,  any  carcass,  part  of  carcass,  or  meat  food  prod- 
uct of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats,  except  ship  stores, 
unless  and  until  a  certificate  of  inspection  covering  the 
same  has  been  issued  and  delivered  as  provided  in  this 
regulation.  The  requirement  of  export  certificates  is 
waived  for  meat  and  meat  food  products  to  foreign 
countries  other  than  those  hereinbefore  named. 

inedible  grease     Section  6.  When  inedible  grease,  inedible   tallow,  or 
£w.ine  "inedible   stearin   derived  from    cattle,   sheep,  swine,  or 

goats  is  offered  for  export,  the  collectors  of  customs, 
under  instructions  from  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and 
Labor,  will  require  an  affidavit  from  the  exporter  that 
the  products  to  be  exported  are  inedible  and  are  not 
intended  for  food  purposes. 

Requirement  Section  7.a  No  person,  firm,  or  corporation  shall  re- 
ceive for  transportation  or  transport  from  one  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  another  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  any  carcass,  part  of 
carcass,  or  meat-food  product  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or 
goats  unless  and  until  a  certificate  is  made  and  furnished 
in  one  of  the  forms  prescribed  in  sections  11, 12,  13,  and  14 
of  this  regulation,  showing  that  such  meat  or  meat  food 
product  has  been  either  inspected  and  passed  or  exempted 
from  inspection,  according  to  act  of  Congress  of  June  30, 
1906:  Provided,  That  printed  certificates  in  the  forms 
formerly  required  and  now  on  hand  may  be  used  for  this 
purpose.  It  is  necessary,  as  old  stocks  of  printed  certifi- 
cates are  exhausted,  that  new  ones  be  printed  in  the  new 
forms. 

Movement    in     Section  8.a  When  any  shipment  of  meat  or  meat  food 

pax     .reign.      products  covered  by  these  regulations  is  offered  to  any 

common  carrier  for  carriage  within  the  United  States  as 

«  Formerly  Regulation  52,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 


REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION.  35 

a  part  of  a  foreign  movement,  the  same  certificate  shall 
be  required  as  if  the  shipment  was  destined  to  a  point 
within  the  United  States. 

Section  9.a  Paragraph  1.  Shipments  of  inspected  and    Diversion     of 
passed  meat  or  meat  food  products  that  are  so  marked  breaking    oi 
may  be  diverted  from  the  original  destination  without  agency."1  emer' 
reinspection  of  the  product,  if  a  new  certificate  showing 
the  changed  destination  be  given  to  the  carrier  by  the 
owner  or  shipper,  who  may  or  may  not  be  the  original 
shipper;   or  in  case  of  a  wreck  or  other  extraordinary 
emergency  the  carrier  may  divert  such  shipments  from 
the  original  destination  without  anew  shippers'  certificate. 

Paragraph  2.  The  Government  seals  on  a  car  contain- 
ing inspected  and  passed  meat  or  meat  food  products 
may  be  broken  by  the  carrier  in  case  of  wreck  or  other 
extraordinary  emergency,  and  if  necessary  the  product 
may  be  reloaded  into  another  car  or  the  shipment  may  be 
diverted  from  the  original  destination  without  another 
shipper's  certificate;  but  in  all  such  cases  the  carrier 
shall  immediately  report  the  transaction  by  telegraph  to 
the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington, 
D.  C.  Such  report  shall  include  the  information  indi- 
cated below: 

(a)  Nature  of  the  emergency. 

(b)  Place  where  seals  were  broken. 

(c)  Original  points  of  shipment  and  destination. 

(d)  Number  and  initials  of  the  original  car. 

(e)  Number  and  initials  of  the  car  into  which  the  prod- 
uct is  reloaded. 

(/)  New  destination  of  the  shipment. 
(g)  Kind  and  amount  of  product. 

Section  10.a  Keshipments  of  inspected  meat  or  meat  Reshipment  of 
food  products  which  are  sound  and  wholesome  at  the  time  uctspected  pr°d" 
of  reshipment  may  be  made  without  reinspection  when 
the  meat  or  meat  food  products,  or  the  containers  thereof, 
are  marked  "Inspected  and  Passed,"  and  the  meat  or 
meat  food  products  have  not  been  processed  since  they 
were  originally  shipped  under  section  1 1  of  this  regulation. 
Also  jobbers,  wholesalers,  or  others  who  do  no  processing, 
and  who  receive  "Inspected  and  Passed"  meat  or  meat- 
food  products,  may  break  bulk,  repack,  and  reship  the 
same  into  interstate  commerce  under  section  11  of  this 
regulation,  if  each  piece  of  meat  or  meat  food  product  in 
the  unmarked  package  bears  the  original  authorized 
mark  of  Government  inspection.  Inspection  shall  be 
maintained  at  the  establishments  of  all  such  jobbers, 
wholesalers,  or  others  who  do  any  processing. 

"Formerly  Meat  Inspection  Rulings  1  A. 


36  REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION. 

inSectedatemcat  Section  ll.a  When  any  carcass,  part  of  carcass,  or 
and  meat  food  meat  food  product  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  which 
products.  jiag  been  inspected  and  passed  and  so  marked  under  these 

regulations  is  offered  to  any  common  carrier  for  trans- 
portation from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  to  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  for  interstate  shipment  only,  or  for  interstate 
shipment  as  part  of  a  foreign  movement,  or  for  foreign 
shipment,  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  offering  such 
carcass,  part  of  carcass,  or  meat  food  product  shall  make 
a  certificate  in  the  following  form  and  deliver  the  same  to 
the  said  common  carrier,  except  as  provided  in  section  12 
of  this  regulation. 

Date 190... 

Name  of  common  carrier 

Shipper 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  meat  or  meat  food  products  described  herein, 
which  are  offered  for  shipment  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  have 
been  inspected  and  passed  according  to  act  of  Congress  of  June  30, 
1906,  are  so  marked,  and  at  this  date  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome, 
and  fit  for  human  food. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 

(Address  of  shipper.) 


This  certificate  may  be  stamped  upon  or  incorporated 
in  any  form  which  is  regularly  or  ordinarily  used  in  the 
shipment  of  meat  or  meat  food  products. 

t  Sren ^n1*8  ted     Section  12.6  Paragraph   1.  An  official   establishment 
establishments,  may  ship  from  the  said  establishment  to  any  other  official 
establishment   any  meat   or  meat   food  product  which 
has  been  inspected  and  passed  under  these  regulations 
without  marking  the  same  "Inspected  and  Passed,"  if 
Railroad  car.  such  shipment  be  placed  in  a  railroad  car  which  is  sealed 
by  an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  and 
provided  that  not  less  than  25  per  cent  of  the  contents 
of  each  car  consists  of  meat  or  meat  food  products  not 
marked  "Inspected  and  Passed." 
wagons.  Paragraph  2.  Wagons  so  equipped  that  they  can  be 

securely  sealed  by  a  Department  employee  may  be  con- 
sidered as  true  containers. 

a  Formerly  Regulation  53,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 
&  Formerly  Regulation  54,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 


REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION.  37 

Paragraj)h  3 .  When  shipments  are  made  under  para-    r" 
graph  1  of  this  section  the  shipper  shall  make  for  each 
car  and  deliver  to  the  common  carrier  in  duplicate  a  cer- 
tificate in  the  following  form: 

Date 190... 

Name  of  common  carrier 

Establishment  number  of  consignor 

Point  of  shipment 

Establishment  number  of  consignee 

Destination 

Car  number  and  initials 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following-described  meat  or  meat  food 
products  have  been  inspected  and  passed  according  to  act  of  Congress 
of  June  30,  1906.  They  are  not  marked  ''Inspected  and  Passed," 
but  have  been  placed  in  the  above  car  under  the  supervision  of  an 
employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  which  was  sealed  by  him 

with  Government  seals  Nos and 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 

(Address  of  shipper.) 

The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immedi- 
ately by  the  initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C.  Attention  is  di- 
rected to  the  law  which  provides  a  penalty  of  fine  and 
imprisonment  for  any  unauthorized  person  who  breaks  a 
seal  on  such  cars. 

When  shipments  are  made  under  this  section  the  in- 
spector in  charge  at  point  of  origin  shall  duly  notify  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  and  the  inspector 
in  charge  at  point  of  destination. 

Section.  13.a  When  any  carcass,  part  of  carcass,  or  Retail  butch- 
meat  food  product  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  which ers  and  de*ers" 
has  not  been  inspected  under  these  regulations  is  offered 
for  shipment  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  to  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  by  any  retail  butcher  or  retail  dealer  who 
holds  a  certificate  of  exemption  issued  by  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture,  the  common  carrier  shall  require  a  certifi- 
cate to  be  made  in  duplicate  in  the  following  form  by  said 
retail  butcher  or  retail  dealer,  which  certificate  shall  in 
all  cases  show  the  exemption  number  designated  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  said  retail  butcher  or  retail 
dealer : 

Date 190... 

Name  of  common  carrier 

Shipper 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

Number  of  exemption  certificate 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  am  a  retail  butcher  or  a  retail  dealer  in  meat 
or  meat  food  products;  that  the  following-described  meat  or  meat  food 
products  are  offered  for  shipment  in  interstate  commerce  to  a  cus- 

<*  Formerly  Regulation  55,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 


88  REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION. 

tomcr,  as  exempted  from  inspection  according  to  act  of  Congress  of 
June  30,  1906,  under  certificate  issued  to  me  by  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  and  that  at  this  date  they  are  sound, 
healthful,  wholesome,  and  (it  for  human  food,  and  contain  no  pre- 
servative or  coloring  matter  or  other  substance  prohibited  by  the 
regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  governing  meat  inspection. 
Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  <>r  shipper. ) 
(Address  of  shipper.) 

The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immedi- 
ately by  the  initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C.  Tins  certificate  shall 
be  separate  and  apart  from  any  waybill,  bill  of  lading,  or 
other  form  ordinarily  used  in  the  shipment  of  meat. 

Farmers- prod-  Section.  14.a  When  any  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats 
have  been  slaughtered  by  any  farmer  on  the  farm,  and 
the  carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses,  or  meat  food  products 
thereof  are  offered  to  any  common  carrier  for  transporta- 
tion from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia to  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  the  common  carrier  may  so  transport  such 
carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses,  or  meat  food  products  as 
long  as  the  same  may  be  identified  as  of  animals  slaugh- 
tered by  any  farmer  on  the  farm. 

The  common  carrier  shall  require  a  certificate  in  dupli- 
cate in  the  following  form : 

Date 190... 

Name  of  common  carrier 

Shipper 

Consignee 

Point  of  shipment 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following-described  uninspected  meat  or 
meat  food  products  are  from  animals  slaughtered  by  a  farmer  on  the 
farm,  and  are  offered  for  transportation  in  interstate  commerce  as 
exempted  from  inspection  according  to  act  of  Congress  of  June  30, 
1906,  and  that  at  this  date  they  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and 
fit  for  human  food,  and  contain  no  preservative  or  coloring  matter  or 
other  substance  prohibited  by  the  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture governing  meat  inspection. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 

(Address  of  shipper.) 

The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immedi- 
ately by  the  initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Originaicerti.:-      Section  15.6  All  original  certificates  delivered   to  the 
it.li!iiS( £ n ir.,y  m"  common  carrier,  as  required  by  this  regulation,  shall  be 

"Formerly  Regulation  56,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 
6  Formerly  Regulation  57,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 


REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION.  39 

filed  and  retained  for  one  year  by  the  initial  carrier,  in 
order  that  they  may  be  readily  checked  by  this  Dep 
ment   in  such  manner  as  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. a 

Section  16.6  All  waybills,  transfer  bills,  running  slips,    waybills,  etc 

or  conductor's  cards  accompanying  an  interstate  or  for- 
eign shipment  of  meat  or  meat  food  product  must  have 
embodied  in,  stamped  upon,  or  attached  to  it  a  signed 
statement  which  shall  be  evidence  to  connecting  carriers 
that  the  proper  shipper's  certificate  as  required  by  sec- 
tions 11, 12, 13,  and  14  of  this  regulation  is  on  file  with  the 
initial  carrier,  and  no  connecting  carrier  shall  receive  for 
transportation  or  transport  any  interstate  or  foreign  ship- 
ment of  meat  or  meat  food  product  unless  the  waybill, 
transfer  bill,  running  slip,  or  conductor's  card  accompany- 
ing the  same  includes  the  aforesaid  signed  statement  in 
one  of  the  following  forms : 

When  shipment  is  made  under  section  11  or  12: 

(Name  of  transportation  company.) 

United  States  inspected  and  passed  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  cer- 
tificate on  file  with  initial  carrier. 

(Signed)  Agent. 

When  shipment  is  made  under  section  13  or  14: 

(Name  of  transportation  company.) 
Exempted  from  inspection  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  certificate  on 
file  with  initial  carrier. 

(Signed) Agent. 

Section  17. c  Paragraph  1.  When  any  carcass,  part  of  fe^hjPmcnt  by 
carcass,  or  meat  food  product  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or 
goats  loaded  on  a  truck,  wagon,  cart,  or  other  vehicle,  or 
otherwise  prepared  for  shipment,  is  offered  for  transpor- 
tation or  transported  by  ferry,  such  ferry  being  the  initial 
carrier  from  one  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia to  another  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  offering  such  carcass, 
part  of  carcass,  or  meat  food  product  shall,  except  as  here- 
inafter provided  by  paragraph  5,  make  a  certificate  in  one 
of  the  forms  hereinafter  indicated  and  deliver  the  certifi- 
cate to  said  common  carrier:  and  no  person,  firm,  or  cor- 
poration operating  a  ferry  line  as  aforesaid  shall  receive 
for  transportation  or  transport  any  carcass,  part  of  car- 
cass, or  meat  food  product  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats 
loaded  on  a  truck,  wagon,  cart,  or  other  vehicle,  or  in  any 
other  manner  prepared  for  transportation,  unless  a  certifi- 
cate in  one  of  the  forms  referred  to  is  properly  filled  out 
and  delivered  by  the  shipper  as  herein  required. 

Paragraph  2.  When  the  shipment  consists  of  inspected 
and  passed  meat  or  meat  food  products,  the  form  of  cer- 
tificate shown  in  section  1 1  of  this  regulation  shall  be  used. 

a  Stocks  of  printed  certificates  now  on  hand  may  be  used,  but  as 
new  supplies  are  printed  they  should  conform  to  the  forms  prescribed. 
b  Formerly  Regulation  58,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 
c  Formerly  Regulation  65,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 


40 


KEG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION. 


shipment  by  Paragraph  3.  When  the  shipment  is  made  under  ex- 
cm  [>t ion  and  consists  of  meat  or  meat  food  product  which 
has  not  been  inspected  and  passed,  the  form  of  certificate 
shown  in  section  13  of  this  regulation  shall  be  used,  and  a 
duplicate  shall  be  forwarded  immediately  by  the  ferry 
company  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Paragraph  4-  When  the  shipment  consists  of  meat  or 
meat  food  products  from  animals  slaughtered  by  a  farmer 
on  the  farm  and  which  have  not  been  inspected  and 
passed,  the  form  of  certificate  shown  in  section  14  of  this 
regulation  shall  be  used,  and  a  duplicate  shall  be  forwarded 
immediately  by  the  ferry  company  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Paragraph  5.  When  a  shipper's  certificate  for  meat  or 
meat  food  products  has  been  issued  and  is  on  file  with  the 
initial  carrier  and  that  fact  is  shown  by  notation  on  the 
billing,  the  ferry  company  need  not  require  another 
certificate. 

imported  prod-  Section  18.°  Imported  meat  or  meat  food  products 
which  have  not  been  mixed  or  compounded  with  or  added 
to  domestic  meat  or  meat  food  products  may  be  trans- 
ported by  any  common  carrier  from  one  State  or  Territory 
or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  another  State  or  Terri- 
tory or  the  District  of  Columbia  if  the  packages  contain- 
ing them  are  marked  ' '  Inspected  under  the  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  of  June  30,  1906,"  when  received  for  transportation. 

shipment  of  Section  19. b  Paragraph  1.  Meat  or  meat  food  prod- 
or0kno\tnatogbeucts  which  have  been  inspected  and  passed  and  so 
unfit  for  food.  marked,  and  which  have  been  transported  from  the  es- 
tablishments in  which  they  were  prepared  into  the  chan- 
nels of  trade,  and  which  are  alleged  or  known  to  have 
become  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
human  food,  may  be  transported  in  interstate  commerce 
only  under  the  following  restrictions: 

e dTeYtYbniT?h-  Paragraph  2.  Meat  or  meat  food  products  inspected 
ment!  '  '  and  passed  and  so  marked  and  which  are  alleged  to  be 
unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food  may  be  shipped  from  one  State  or  Territory 
or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  official  establish- 
ment in  the  same  or  a  different  State  or  Territory 
if  a  written  permit  in  duplicate  for  such  shipment  be 
first  obtained  from  the  inspector  in  charge  of  the 
establishment  to  which  the  shipment  is  destined.  In 
all  such  shipments  both  the  original  and  duplicate 
copies  of  the  permits  shall  be  surrendered  to  the  car- 
rier accepting  the  meat  or  meat  food  product,  and  the 
carrier  shall  require  the  shipper  to  furnish  three  copies 

a  Formerly  Regulation  64,  B.  A.  I.  Order  137. 
&  Formerly  Regulation  61,  B.VA.  I.  Order  137. 


REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION.  41 

of  the  form  of  certificate  hereinafter  given.  One  of  these 
certificates  and  the  duplicate  copy  of  the  permit  shall  be 
retained  by  the  carrier;  another  copy  of  the  certificate, 
together  with  the  original  permit,  shall  be  mailed  by  the 
carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  the  third  copy  of  the  certificate  shall 
be  addressed  and  mailed  by  the  carrier  to  the  Bureau  of  Ani- 
mal Industry  inspector  in  charge  at  the  point  to  which  the 
shipment  is  consigned.  Upon  the  arrival  of  the  shipment 
at  the  establishment  the  inspector  in  charge  shall  cause  a 
careful  inspection  to  be  made  of  the  shipment,  to  determine 
whether  or  not  it  is  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise 
unfit  for  food.  Should  the  meat  or  meat  food  product 
contained  in  the  shipment  prove  to  be  unsound,  unwhole- 
some, or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  it  shall  at  once 
be  stamped  "U.  S.  Inspected  and  Condemned"  and  be 
immediately  tanked  or  removed  to  the  condemned  room. 
If  the  meat  or  meat  food  product  contained  in  the  ship- 
ment shall  prove  to  be  sound,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  hu- 
man food,  the  inspector  shall  allow  the  meat  or  meat  food 
product  to  enter  the  establishment.  Meat  or  meat  food 
products  at  an  official  establishment  alleged  or  known  to 
be  unsound,  unwholesome  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food  shall  not  be  shipped  under  this  paragraph,  but  must 
be  disposed  of  at  the  establishment. 

Paragraph  3.  Meat  or  meat  food  products  which  have    J°.  Jobber, 

.  .   J       *■  ir  ill  wholesaler,  or 

been  inspected  and  passed  and  are  so  marked  and  are  dealer. 
alleged  to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit 
for  human  food  may  be  returned  from  one  State  or  Ter- 
ritory or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  jobber,  whole- 
saler, or  other  dealer  from  whom  the  said  meat  or  meat 
food  product  was  purchased,  if  a  written  permit,  in  dupli- 
cate, for  such  shipment  be  first  obtained  from  the  Chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  In  all  such  shipments 
both  the  original  and  duplicate  copies  of  the  permits  shall 
be  surrendered  to  the  carrier  accepting  the  meat  or  meat 
food  product,  and  the  carrier  shall  require  the  shipper  to 
furnish  two  copies  of  the  form  of  certificate  hereinafter 
given.  One  of  these  certificates  and  the  duplicate  copy 
of  the  permit  shall  be  retained  by  the  carrier,  and  the  other 
copy  of  the  certificate,  together  with  the  original  permit, 
shall  be  mailed  by  the  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C.  If  the  meat  or 
meat  food  product  which  is  shipped  under  this  section  shall 
prove  to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
human  food  it  may  not  be  reshipped  in  interstate  com- 
merce as  a  food  product. 

Paragraph  4-  The  shipper's  certificate  required  by  para-    £°™  fjLjMf 
graphs  2  and  3  of  this  section  shall  be  in  the  following per 


42  REG.  25.      TRANSPORTATION. 

form,  and  shall  in  all  cases  show  a  description  and  the 
weight  of  the  meat  or  meat  food  product :  a 

Date 190... 

Name  of  common  carrier 

Consignor 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination a 

Number  of  permit 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following-described  meat  or  meat  food  prod- 
ucts have  been  inspected  and  passed  according  to  the  act  of  Congress 
of  June  30,  1906,  and  are  so  marked.  It  is  alleged  that  the  said  meat 
or  meat  food  products  are  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  and 
unfit  for  human  food. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 
(Business  or  occupation  of  shipper.) 
(Address  of  shipper.) 


As  evidence  to  connecting  carriers  that  the  proper 
shipper's  certificate  as  required  by  this  paragraph  is  on 
file  with  the  initial  carrier,  the  waybills,  transfer  bills, 
running  slips,  or  conductors'  cards  accompanying  the 
shipments  of  meat  or  meat  food  products,  made  under 
paragraphs  2  and  3  of  this  section,  must  have  embodied 
in,  stamped  upon,  or  attached  to  the  same  a  signed  state- 
ment in  the  following  form: 

(Name  of  railroad  company.) 
Meat  or  meat  product  alleged  to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  other- 
wise unfit  for  food,  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  certificate  on  file  with 
initial  carrier. 

(Signed)  Agent. 

purposcsdUstri  !  Paragraph  5.  Uninspected  meat  or  meat  food  product, 
or  meat  or  meat  food  product  inspected  and  marked  and 
which  is  known  to  have  become  unsound,  unwholesome, 
or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  or  inedible  grease  or  tal- 
y  low  or  other  fat,  may  be  shipped  from  one  State  or  Territory 
or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  another  State  or  Terri- 
tory or  the  District  of  Columbia  or  to  a  foreign  country  for 
industrial  purposes.  No  such  shipment  shall  be  accepted 
by  any  carrier  unless  and  until  the  product  which  is  known 
to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  food 
shall  have  been  denatured  or  otherwise  rendered  unavail- 
able for  food  purposes.  The  carrier  shall  require  the 
shipper  to  certify  in  writing  that  the  meat  or  meat  food 
product  has  been  so  denatured  or  otherwise  rendered  un- 
available for  food  purposes.  This  certificate  of  the  ship- 
per that  the  meat  or  meat  food  product  has  been  de- 

«  Attention  is  directed  to  the  meat-inspection  law,  which  provides 
a  penalty  of  a  fine  of  §10,000  and  imprisonment  for  two  years  for  any 
person  who  ships  for  human  consumption  in  interstate  or  foreign  trade 
any  moat  or  moat  food  product  which  is  unsound,  unwholesome,  or 
otherwise  unfit  for  human  food. 


REG.    25.       TRANSPORTATION.  43 

natured  shall  be  forwarded  by  the  carrier  to  the  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  J).  C.  It 
is  suggested  that  the  shipper's  certificate  of  denaturing 
required  for  shipments  made  under  this  paragraph  be  in 
the  following  form: 

Date 190.. 

Name  of  common  carrier 

Consignor * 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following-described  inedible  meat  or  meat 
food  products  have  been  denatured  or  otherwise  rendered  unavailable 
for  food  purposes. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 
(Business  or  occupation  of  shipper.) 
(Address  of  shipper.) 


As  evidence  to  connecting  carriers  that  the  proper 
shipper's  certificate  is  on  file  with  the  initial  carrier,  the 
waybills,  transfer  bills,  running  slips,  or»conductors'  cards 
accompanying  the  shipment  of  meat  or  meat  food  product 
under  this  paragraph  must  have  embodied  in,  stamped 
upon,  or  attached  to  the  same  a  signed  statement  in  the 
following  form: 

(Name  of  railroad  company.) 

Unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  food,  and  denatured 
or  otherwise  rendered  unavailable  for  food  purposes,  as  evidenced  by 
shipper's  certificate  on  file  with  the  initial  carrier. 

(Signed)  Agent. 

Paragraph  6.  When  inedible  grease,  tallow,  or  other 
fat  for  industrial  use  is  of  such  a  nature  or  is  intended  for 
such  an  industrial  use  that  it  is  impracticable  to  denature 
the  same  or  that  denaturing  will  make  it  impossible  to 
put  the  product  to  the  desired  industrial  use,  such  inedi- 
ble grease,  tallow,  or  other  fat  may  be  shipped  from  one 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  another 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  to  a 
foreign  country,  without  denaturing  if  the  outside  con- 
tainer of  the  said  inedible  grease,  tallow,  or  other  fat  be 
marked  as  follows:  The  end  of  the  containers  shall  be 
painted  white  and  conspicuously  stenciled  or  burned  with 
the  true  name  of  the  product  and  the  word  "Inedible." 

No  such  shipment  shall  be  accepted  by  any  carrier 
unless  and  until  the  shipper  shall  certify  in  writing  that 
the  said  inedible  grease,  tallow,  or  other  fat  is  of  such  a 
character  or  is  intended  for  such  use  that  denaturing  is 
impossible  or  will  render  said  inedible  grease,  tallow,  or 
other  fat  unavailable  for  the  desired  industrial  use. 

The  shipper's  certificate  shall  be  in  the  following  form: 


•A4         kegs.  25,  26.     transportation:  counterfeiting. 

(Date)  ,  190.. 

INEDIBLE    FAT. 

Name  of  common  carrier 

Consignor 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following-described  fat  is  inedible  and  is 
not  intended  for  food  purposes,  and  that  the  said  fat  is  of  such  a  char- 
acter or  is  intended  for  such  a  use  that  denaturing  is  impossible  or  will 
render  said  fat  unavailable  for  the  desired  industrial  use. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 
(Business  or  occupation  of  shipper.) 
( Address  of  shipper.) 


As  evidence  to  connecting  carriers  that  the  proper 
shipper's  certificate  is  on  tile  with  the  initial  carrier,  the 
waybills,  transfer* bills,  running  slips,  or  conductors'  cards 
accompanying  such  shipments  must  have  embodied  in, 
stamped  upon,  or  attached  to  the  same  a  signed  statement 
in  the  following  form: 

(Name  of  carrier) 

Inedible  and  not  intended  for  food  purposes,  as  evidenced  by  ship- 
per's certificate  on  file  with  the  initial  carrier. 

(Signed)  Agent. 

The  shipper's  certificate  will  be  made  in  duplicate,  and 
one  copy  shall  be  immediately  forwarded  by  the  carrier 
to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

REGULATION  26.  COUNTERFEITING,  ETC. 

penalties.  Section  1.  It  is  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  and 

imprisonment,  for  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or 
officer,  agent,  or  employee  thereof,  to  forge,  counterfeit, 
simulate,  or  falsely  represent,  or  without  proper  authority 
to  use,  fail  to  use,  or  detach,  or  knowingly  or  wrongfully 
to  alter,  deface,  or  destroy,  or  to  fail  to  deface  or  destroy, 
any  of  the  marks,  stamps,  tags,  labels,  or  other  identifi- 
cation devices  provided  for  by  law,  or  by  these  regula- 
tions, on  any  carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses,  or  the  food 
product,  or  the  containers  thereof,  or  wrongfully  to  use, 
deface,  or  destroy  any  certificate  provided  for  by  law  or 
by  these  regulations. 


REGS.   27,   28,   29.       REPORTS;    APPEALS;    COOPERATION.  45 

REGULATION  27.  REPORTS. 

Section  1.  Reports  of  the  work  of  inspection  carried    or  work, 
on  in  every  official  establishment  shall  be  forwarded  to 
the  Department  by  the  inspector  in  charge,  on  such  blank 
forms  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be  specified  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Section  2.  The  proprietors  of  official  establishments  ^ for ma^uon 
shall  furnish  daily  to  the  Department  employees  detailed 
to  the  various  departments  accurate  information  regard- 
ing  receipts,   shipments,   and   amounts   of  products   on 
which  to  base  their  daily  reports. 

Section  3.  Reports  on  sanitation  shall  be  made  at  on  sanitation. 
stated  times  by  the  Department  employees  in  charge  of 
the  various  departments  to  the  inspector  in  charge  of  the 
station,  and  by  the  inspector  in  charge  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  If  any  insanitary  condi- 
tions are  detected  by  any  Department  employee,  such 
conditions  shall  be  reported  immediately  to  the  inspector 
in  charge,  who,  after  investigation,  shall  report  them  to 
the  Chief  of  the  Bureau. 

REGULATION  28.  APPEALS. 

Section  1.  When  the  action  of  any  inspector  in  con-  Appeals, 
demning  aiw  carcass  or  part  thereof,  meat,  or  meat  food 
product  is  questioned,  appeal  may  be  made  to  the 
inspector  in  charge,  and  from  his  decision  appeal  may  be 
made  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  or  to 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  whose  decision  shall  be  final. 

REGULATION     29.      COOPERATION     WITH    MUNICIPAL 
AUTHORITIES. 

Section  1.  Inspectors  in  charge  are  directed  to  notify    Municipal  au- 

.i_  •    •       i  fi        -i"  *  j.1  i_  n  •  a.'  thonties  to  be  no- 

the  municipal  authorities  or  the  character  or  inspection,  titled. 
and  upon  request  to  advise  with  such  authorities  with  a 
view  to  preventing  the  entry  into  the  local  markets  of 
diseased  animals  or  their  products.  The  details  of  any 
proposed  cooperative  arrangement  must  be  first  submitted 
to  and  approved  by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry. 


LAW  UNDER  WHICH  THE  FOREGOING  REGULATIONS  ARE  MADE. 


Extract  from  an  act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  act  making  appro- 
priations for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,"  approved  June  30,  1906 
(34  Stat.,  674). 

THE  MEAT-INSPECTION  AMENDMENT. 

That  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  use  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  as  herein- 
after provided,  of  meat  and  meat  food  products  which  are  unsound,  unhealthful, 
unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  at  his 
discretion,  may  cause  to  be  made,  by  inspectors  appointed  for  that  purpose,  an  exam- 
ination and  inspection  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  before  they  shall  be  allowed 
to  enter  into  any  slaughtering,  packing,  meat-canning,  rendering,  or  similar  establish- 
ment, in  which  they  are  to  be  slaughtered  and  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  thereof 
are  to  be  used  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce;  and  all  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  and 
goats  found  on  such  inspection  to  show  symptoms  of  disease  shall  be  set  apart  and 
slaughtered  separately  from  all  other  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats,  and  when  so  slaugh- 
tered the  carcasses  of  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  shall  be  subject  to  a  careful 
examination  and  inspection,  all  as  provided  by  the  rules  and  regulations  to  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  as  herein  provided  for. 

That  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  set  forth  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause 
to  be  made  by  inspectors  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  hereinafter  provided,  a  post- 
mortem examination  and  inspection  of  the  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of  all  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  and  goats  to  be  prepared  for  human  consumption  at  any  slaughtering, 
meat-canning,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment  in  any  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  transportation  or  sale  as  articles  of  interstate 
or  foreign  commerce;  and  the  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of  all  such  animals  found  to 
be  sound,  healthful,  wdiolesome,  and  fit  for  human  food  shall  be  marked,  stamped, 
tagged,  or  labeled  as  "Inspected  and  Passed;"  and  said  inspectors  shall  label,  mark, 
stamp,  or  tag  as  "Inspected  and  Condemned,"  all  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of 
animals  found  to  be  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food;  and  all  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  thus  inspected  and  condemned  shall  be 
destroyed  for  food  purposes  by  the  said  establishment  in  the  presence  of  an  inspector, 
and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  remove  inspectors  from  any  such  establishment 
which  fails  to  so  destroy  any  such  condemned  carcass  or  part  thereof,  and  said  inspect- 
ors, after  said  first  inspection  shall,  when  they  deem  it  necessary,  reinspect  said 
carcasses  or  parts  thereof  to  determine  whether  since  the  first  inspection  the  same 
have  become  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  in  any  way  unfit  lor  human 
food,  and  if  any  carcass  or  any  part  thereof  shall,  upon  examination  and  inspection 
subsequent  to  the  first  examination  and  inspection,  be  found  to  be  unsound,  unhealth- 
ful, unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  it  shall  be  destroyed  for  food 
purposes  by  the  said  establishment  in  the  presence  of  an  inspector,  and  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  may  remove  inspectors  from  any  establishment  which  fails  to  so  destroy 
any  such  condemn*  d  carcass  or  part  thereof. 

The  foregoing  provisions  shall  apply  to  all  carcasses  or  parts  of  carcasses  of  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  and  jjoats,  or  the  meat  or  meal  products  thereof  which  may  be  brought 
into  any  slaughtering,  meat-canning,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  estab- 
lishment, and  surli  examination  and  inspection  shall  be  had  before  the  said  carcasses 
or  parts  thereof  shall  be  allowed  to  enter  into  any  department  wherein  the  same  are 
to  be  treated  and  prepared  for  meal  food  products;  and  the  foregoing  provisions 
shall  also  apply  to  all  such  products  which,  after  having  been  issued  from  any  slaugh- 
tering, meal -canning,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment,  shall 
be  returned  to  the  same  or  to  any  similar  establishment  where  such  inspection  is 
maintained. 

46 


MEAT-INSPECTION    LAW.  47 

That  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  set  forth  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause 
to  be  made  by  inspectors  appointed  for  that  purpose  an  examination  and  inspection 
of  all  meat  food  products  prepared  tor  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  in  any  slaughter- 
ing, meat-canning,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment,  and  for  the 
purposes  of  any  examination  and  inspection  said  inspectors  shall  have  access  at  all 
times,  by  day  or  night,  whether  the  establishment  be  operated  or  not,  to  every  part 
of  said  establishment;  and  said  inspectors  shall  mark,  stamp,  tag,  or  label  as  "In- 
spected and  Passed"  all  such  products  found  to  be  sound,  healthful,  and  wholesome, 
and  which  contain  no  dyes,  chemicals,  preservatives,  or  ingredients  which  render 
such  meat  or  meat  food  products  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  unfit  for 
human  food;  and  said  inspectors  shall  label,  mark,  stamp,  or  tag  as  "Inspected  and 
Condemned*'  all  such  products  found  unsound,  unhealthful,  and  unwholesome,  or 
which  contain  dyes,  chemicals,  preservatives,  or  ingredients  which  render  such  meat 
or  meat  food  products  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  unfit  for  human  food, 
and  all  such  condemned  meat  food  products  shall  be  destroyed  for  food  purposes,  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  remove  inspectors  from 
any  establishment  which  fails  to  so  destroy  such  condemned  meat  food  products: 
Provided,  That,  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
the  provisions  hereof  in  regard  to  preservatives  shall  not  apply  to  meat  food  products 
for  export  to  any  foreign  country  and  which  are  prepared  or  packed  according  to  the 
specifications  or  directions  of  the  foreign  purchaser,  when  no  substance  is  used  in  the 
preparation  or  packing  thereof  in  conflict  with  the  laws  of  the  foreign  country  to 
which  said  article  is  to  be  exported;  but  if  said  article  shall  be  in  fact  sold  or  offered 
for  sale  for  domestic  use  or  consumption,  then  this  proviso  shall  not  exempt  said 
article  from  the  operation  of  all  the  other  provisions  of  this  act. 

That  when  any  meat  or  meat  food  product  prepared  for  interstate  or  foreign  com- 
merce which  has  been  inspected  as  hereinbefore  provided  and  marked  "Inspected 
and  Passed"  shall  be  placed  or  packed  in  any  can,  pot,  tin,  canvas,  or  other  recep- 
tacle or  covering  in  any  establishment  where  inspection  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act  is  maintained,  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  preparing  said  product  shall  cause 
a  .label  to  be  attached  to  said  can,  pot,  tin,  canvas,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering, 
under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector,  which  label  shall  state  that  the  contents  thereof 
have  been  "Inspected  and  Passed"  under  the  provisions  of  this  act;  and  no  inspec- 
tion and  examination  of  meat  or  meat  food  products  deposited  or  inclosed  in  cans, 
tins,  pots,  canvas,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering  in  any  establishment  where  inspec- 
tion under  the  provisions  of  this  act  is  maintained  shall  be  deemed  to  be  complete 
until  such  meat  or  meat  food  products  have  been  sealed  or  inclosed  in  said  can,  tin, 
pot,  canvas,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector, 
and  no  such  meat  or  meat  food  products  shall  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale  by  any  person, 
firm,  or  corporation  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  under  any  false  or  deceptive 
name;  but  established  trade  name  or  names  which  are  usual  to  such  products  and 
which  are  not  false  and  deceptive  and  which  shall  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  are  permitted. 

The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause  to  be  made,  by  experts  in  sanitation  or  by 
other  competent  inspectors,  such  inspection  of  all  slaughtering,  meat-canning,  salt- 
ing, packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishments  in  which  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and 
goats  are  slaughtered  and  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  thereof  are  prepared  for 
interstate  or  foreign  commerce  as  may  be  necessary  to  inform  himself  concerning  the 
sanitary  conditions  of  the  same,  and  to  prescribe  the  rules  and  regulations  of  sanita- 
tion under  which  such  establishments  shall  be  maintained;  and  where  the  sanitary 
conditions  of  any  such  establishment  are  such  that  the  meat  or  meat  food  products 
are  rendered  unclean,  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
human  food,  he  shall  refuse  to  allow  said  meat  or  meat  food  products  to  be  labeled, 
marked,  stamped,  or  tagged  as  "Inspected  and  Passed." 

That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause  an  examination  and  inspection  of  all 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  and  the  food  products  thereof,  slaughtered  and  pre- 
pared in  the  establishments  hereinbefore  described  for  the  purposes  of  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce  to  be  made  during  the  nighttime  as  well  as  during  the  daytime 
when  the  slaughtering  of  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  or  the  preparation  of 
said  food  products  is  conducted  during  the  nighttime. 

That  on  and  after  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  no  person,  firm,  or 
corporation  shall  transport  or  offer  for  transportation,  and  no  carrier  of  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce  shall  transport  or  receive  for  transportation  from  one  State  or  Ter- 
ritory or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  or  to  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  to  any  for- 
eign country,  any  "carcasses  or  parts  thereof,  meat,  or  meat  food  products  thereof 
which  have  not  been  inspected,  examined,  and  marked  as  "Inspected  and  Passed," 


48  MEAT-INSPECTION   LAW. 

in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  act  and  with  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed 
by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture:  Provided,  That  all  meat  and  meat  food  products 
on  hand  on  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  at  establishments  where  inspec- 
tion has  not  been  maintained,  or  which  have  been  inspected  under  existing  law, 
shall  be  examined  and  labeled  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  shall  prescribe,  and  then  shall  be  allowed  to  be  sold  in  interstate  or  foreign 
commerce. 

That  no  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  officer,  agent,  or  employee  thereof,  shall 
forge,  counterfeit,  simulate,  or  falsely  represent,  or  shall  without  proper  authority 
use,  fail  to  use,  or  detach,  or  shall  knowingly  or  wrongfully  alter,  deface,  or  destroy, 
or  fail  to  deface  or  destroy,  any  of  the  marks,  stamps,  tags,  labels,  or  other  identifi- 
cation devices  provided  for  in  this  act,  or  in  and  as  directed  by  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations prescribed  hereunder  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  on  any  carcasses,  parts 
of  carcasses,  or  the  food  product,  or  containers  thereof,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  or  any  certificate  in  relation  thereto,  authorized  or  required  by  this  act  or 
by  the  said  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause  to  be  made  a  careful  inspection  of  all 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  intended  and  offered  for  export  to  foreign  countries 
at  such  times  and  places,  and  in  such  manner  as  he  may  deem  proper,  to  ascertain 
whether  such  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  are  free  from  disease. 

And  for  this  purpose  he  may  appoint  inspectors  who  shall  be  authorized  to  give 
an  official  certificate  clearly  stating  the  condition  in  which  such  cattle,  sheep,  swine, 
and  goats  are  found. 

And  no  clearance  shall  be  given  to  any  vessel  having  on  board  cattle,  sheep,  swine, 
or  goats  for  export  to  a  foreign  country  until  the  owner  or  shipper  of  such  cattle,  sheep, 
swine,  or  goats  has  a  certificate  from  the  inspector  herein  authorized  to  be  appointed, 
stating  that  the  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  are  sound  and  healthy,  or  unless 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  have  waived  the  requirement  of  such  certificate 
for  export  to  the  particular  country  to  which  such  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  are  to 
be  exported. 

That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  also  cause  to  be  made  a  careful  inspection 
of  the  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  the  meat  of 
which,  fresh,  salted,  canned,  corned,  packed,  cured,  or  otherwise  prepared,  is  in- 
tended and  offered  for  export  to  any  foreign  country,  at  such  times  and  places  and 
in  such  manner  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

And  for  this  purpose  he  may  appoint  inspectors  who  shall  be  authorized  to  give 
an  official  certificate  stating  the  condition  in  which  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats, 
and  the  meat  thereof,  are  found. 

And  no  clearance  shall  be  given  to  any  vessel  having  on  board  any  fresh,  salted, 
canned,  corned,  or  packed  beef,  mutton,  pork,  or  goat  meat,  being  the  meat  of  ani- 
mals killed  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  or  except  as  hereinbefore  provided  for  export 
to  and  sale  in  a  foreign  country  from  any  port  in  the  United  States,  until  the  owner 
or  shipper  thereof  shall  obtain  from  an  inspector  appointed  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act  a  certificate  that  the  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  were  sound  and 
healthy  at  the  time  of  inspection,  and  that  their  meat  is  sound  and  wholesome,  unless 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  have  waived  the  requirements  of  such  certificate 
for  the  country  to  which  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  or  meats  are  to  be  ex- 
ported . 

That  the  inspectors  provided  for  herein  shall  be  authorized  to  give  official  certifi- 
cates of  the  sound  and  wholesome  condition  of  the  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats, 
their  carcasses  and  products  as  herein  described,  and  one  copy  of  every  certificate 
granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  filed  in  the  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, another  copy  shall  be  delivered  to  the  owner  or  shipper,  and  when  the  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  and  goats  or  their  carcasses  and  products  are  sent  abroad,  a  third  copy 
Bhall  be  delivered  to  the  chief  officer  of  the  vessel  on  which  the  shipment  shall  be 
made. 

That  no  person,  firm,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  interstate  commerce  of  meat  or 
meal  food  products  shall  transport  or  offer  for  transportation,  sell  or  offer  to  sell  any 
such  meat  or  meat  food  products  in  any  State  or  Territory  or  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia or  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  other  than  in  the  State 
or  Territory  or  in  the  District  of  Columbia  or  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States  in  which  the  slaughtering,  packing,  canning,  rendering,  or  other  similar 
establishment  owned,  leased,  operated  by  said  firm,  person,  or  corporation  is  located 
unless  and  until  said  person,  firm,  or  corporation  shall  have  complied  with  all  of  the 
provisions  of  this  act. 

That  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  any  officer  or  agent  of  any  such  person, 
firm,  or  corporation,  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  on  conviction  thereof  by  a  fine  of  not 


MEAT-INSPECTIUX    LAW.  4<) 

exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  more  than  two  years, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  appoint  from  time  to  time  inspectors  to  make 
examination  and  inspection  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  the  inspection  of 
which  is  hereby  provided  for,  and  of  all  carcasses  and  parts  thereof,  and  of  all  meats 
and  meat  food  products  thereof,  and  of  the  sanitary  conditions  of  all  establishments 
in  which  such  meat  and  meat  food  products  hereinbefore  described  are  prepared; 
and  said  inspectors  shall  refuse  to  stamp,  mark,  tag,  or  label  any  carcass  or  any  part 
thereof,  or  meat  food  product  therefrom,  prepared  in  any  establishment  hereinbefore 
mentioned,  until  the  same  shall  have  actually  been  inspected  and  found  to  be  sound, 
healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food,  and  to  contain  no  dyes,  chemicals, 
preservatives,  or  ingredients  which  render  such  meat  food  product  unsound,  unhealth- 
ful,  unwholesome,  or  unfit  for  human  food;  and  to  have  been  prepared  under  proper 
sanitary  conditions,  hereinbefore  provided  for;  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
as  are  provided  by  this  act  and  by  the  rules  and  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  said 
Secretary  of  Agriculture;  and  said  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall,  from  time  to  time, 
make  such  rules  and  regulations  as  are  necessary  for  the  efficient  execution  of  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  all  inspections  and  examinations  made  under  this  act  shall 
be  such  and  made  in  such  manner  as  described  in  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed 
by  said  Secretary  of  Agriculture  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

That  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  any  agent  or  employee  of  any  person,  firm, 
or  corporation,  who  shall  give,  pay,  or  offer,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  any  inspector, 
deputy  inspector,  chief  inspector,  or  any  other  officer  or  employee  of  the  United 
States  authorized  to  perform  any  of  the  duties  prescribed  by  this  act  or  by  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  any  money  or  other  thing  of  value, 
with  intent  to  influence  said  inspector,  deputy  inspector,  chief  inspector,  or  other 
officer  or  employee  of  the  United  States  in  the  discharge  of  any  duty  herein  provided 
for,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony  and,  upon  conviction  thereof ,  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  not  less  than  five  thousand  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars  and 
by  imprisonment  not  less  than  one  year  nor  more  than  three  years;  and  any  inspector, 
deputy  inspector,  chief  inspector,  or  other  officer  or  employee  of  the  United  States 
authorized  to  perform  any  of  the  duties  prescribed  by  this  act  who  shall  accept  any 
money,  gift,  or  other  thing  of  value  from  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  officers, 
agents,  or  employees  thereof,  given  with  intent  to  influence  his  official  action,  or  who 
shall  receive  or  accept  from  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  engaged  in  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce  any  gift,  money,  or  other  thing  of  value  given  with  any  purpose  or 
intent  whatsoever,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony  and  shall, upon  conviction  thereof, 
be  summarily  discharged  from  office  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  less  than  one 
thousand  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars  and  by  imprisonment  not  less 
than  one  year  nor  more  than  three  years. 

That  the  provisions  of  this  act  requiring  inspection  to  be  made  by  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  shall  not  apply  to  animals  slaughtered  by  any  farmer  on  the  farm  and  sold 
and  transported  as  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  nor  to  retail  butchers  and  retail 
dealers  in  meat  and  meat  food  products,  supplying  their  customers:  Provided,  That 
if  any  person  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  or  transportation  for  interstate  or  foreign  com- 
merce any  meat  or  meat  food  products  which  are  diseased,  unsound,  unhealthful, 
unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  knowing  that  such  meat  food  prod- 
ucts are  intended  for  human  consumption,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars 
or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  of  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment:  Provided  also,  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  is  authorized  to  main- 
tain the  inspection  in  this  act  provided  for  at  any  slaughtering,  meat  canning,  salting, 
packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment  notwithstanding  this  exception,  and 
that  the  persons  operating  the  same  may  be  retail  butchers  and  retail  dealers  or 
farmers;  and  where  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  establish  such  inspection  then 
the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  apply  notwithstanding  this  exception. 

That  there  is  permanently  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  the  sum  of  three  million  dollars,  for  the  expenses  of  the  inspection 
of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  and  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  thereof  which 
enter  into  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  and  for  all  expenses  necessary  to  carry  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  this  act  relating  to  meat  inspection,  including  rent  and  the 
employment  of  labor  in  Washington  and  elsewhere,  for  each  year.  And  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  shall,  in  his  annual  estimates  made  to  Congress,  submit  a  statement  in 
detail,  showing  the  number  of  persons  employed  in  such  inspections  and  the  salary 
or  per  diem  paid  to  each,  together  with  the  contingent  expenses  of  such  inspectors 
and  where  they  have  been  and  are  employed. 

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